I want to thank one of my readers for sending me this story, and this kind of thing is just one more reality about the various technologies out there and how they are being used in the war. That the enemy is a learning organization, and they have figured out that Skype is a secure enough communications apparatus to use.
But my thoughts on this is that quite possibly the intel agencies out there already know how to crack the encryption of VOIP calls, or their Data Mining capabilities are already monitoring the Skype stuff, and that this story was just designed to give the impression that Skype is impenetrable.
One thing is for sure, stories like this make it very clear to the enemy that their method of communications is receiving intense focus. –Head Jundi
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Taliban using Skype phones to dodge MI6
By Glen Owen
Last updated at 11:10 PM
13th September 2008
Taliban fighters targeting British troops in Afghanistan are using the latest ‘internet phones’ to evade detection by MI6, security sources said last night.
Skype, a popular piece of consumer software that allows free calls to be made over the web, has been adopted by insurgents to communicate with cells strung out across the country.