Hi bob3160,
Thank you for pointing that out to me. Sincere apologies for passing that news, without mentioning actually before and after skype was acquired nothing in this respect has changed. Both abided by what the law asked of them.
Did not post this message with MS bashing at heart, just wanted to stress the surveillance aspect of it.
With old fashioned telepone lines in Europe there is no number recognition for callers from the States, not the other way round....
polonus