I bet that Microsoft engineer who told us Skype was not re-built for spying is feeling pretty silly right now.
I know his excuses seemed "reasonable" (if you're a smart liar, you don't try to blatantly bullshit someone on their face - you find a "good reason" to hide it), but it was no less of a bullshit excuse as Microsoft's earlier rejection of WebRTC (and they ended up supporting it anyway - guess they didn't feel that strongly about that security claim to begin with).
This was the same way. Yes, it may have improved Skype's reliability a little bit, but I honestly doubt that was the main purpose for doing it. As we learn in this revelation, they don't seem to have a problem with adapting their service to suit NSA.
I know his excuses seemed "reasonable" (if you're a smart liar, you don't try to blatantly bullshit someone on their face - you find a "good reason" to hide it), but it was no less of a bullshit excuse as Microsoft's earlier rejection of WebRTC (and they ended up supporting it anyway - guess they didn't feel that strongly about that security claim to begin with).
This was the same way. Yes, it may have improved Skype's reliability a little bit, but I honestly doubt that was the main purpose for doing it. As we learn in this revelation, they don't seem to have a problem with adapting their service to suit NSA.