Mobile Stew

Nate Anderson of Ars Technica has written an interesting article that highlights how difficult it can be for Government agencies to track Skype calls.  Governments are worried about the rise in encrypted VoIP conversations,such as those made with Skype, and they're seeking ways of extendingtheir wiretapping power to the Internet.

I hadn't considered this issue before.  All Skype traffic is automatically encrypted end-to-end withoutrequiring any user intervention, and this encryption is posing aproblem to authorities who need (or want) to listen in on conversations

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