Skype Encryption Stumps German Police

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Reuters.

[snip]

German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the Internet
telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and
terrorists, Germany's top police officer said on Thursday.

"The encryption with Skype telephone software ... creates grave
difficulties for us," Joerg Ziercke, president of Germany's Federal Police
Office (BKA) told reporters at an annual gathering of security and law
enforcement officials.

"We can't decipher it. That's why we're talking about source
telecommunication surveillance -- that is, getting to the source before
encryption or after it's been decrypted."

[snip]

More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL21173920071122

- - ferg

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