Kevin Delaney recently wrote why Skype is still better than Yahoo Voice. That it very well might be. But one of the reasons he stated was that “[Skype] are fully P2P and encrypted. Nobody's listening, while Yahoo will submit under the pressure of big brother to eavesdrop.” I remember reading somewhere that Skype had indicated that they will cooperate with appropriate legal authorities. Phil, in his followup comment asked for a specific reference. Apparently my reply was blocked (it is a regular occurrence for me in Skype Journal; indeed I was surprised that my first comment made it). So Phil, here is the reference you asked for:
"Kurt Sauer, Skype's chief security officer, said there are no "back doors" that could let a government bypass the encryption on a call. At the same time, he said Skype "cooperates fully with all lawful requests from relevant authorities." He would not give particulars on the type of support provided."
By the way Kevin, I am not sure whether your comment "Never heard of that" refers to my comment or not. In case it does, I hope this link interests you.
Posted by aswath at April 10, 2006 09:04 PM