Fergie's Tech Blog

Skype Could Force End to Wiretapping Calls?

I kind of doubt it.

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Even as the U.S. government is embroiled in a debate over the legality of wiretapping, the fastest-growing technology for Internet calls appears to have the potential to make eavesdropping a thing of the past.

Skype, the Internet calling service recently acquired by eBay Inc., provides free voice calls and instant messaging between users. Unlike other Internet voice services, Skype calls are encrypted — encoded using complex mathematical operations. That apparently makes them impossible to snoop on, though the company leaves the issue somewhat open to question.

posted by Fergie @ 2/16/2006 04:38:00 PM