It’s got to only be a matter of time before the hackers, crackers and snoops all go to work on cracking the Skype algorithim, assuming no one has yet done it. Of all places, the Village Voice, New York City’s counter cultural journalistic icon issues the challenge.
They point out that because Skype is in Luxembourg that Skype may be immune from USA government intervention and warrent searches. Time will tell if Luxembourg remains really the safe haven for Skype or if their eBay ownership in the USA places them in the FCC and DoJ’s crosshairs.
Simple phone tech thwarts government eavesdropping
If the telecomm industry wanted to get a leg up, they should have thought about partnering with real innovators in the industry long ago. Instead, they sat on their uncreative behinds, and let companies like Skype run right over them….
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