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Skype Encryption Stumps German Police

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the secret-decoder-phone-rings dept.

TallGuyRacer writes "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, Joerg Ziercke, said. "The encryption with Skype telephone software ... creates grave difficulties for us... 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.""

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  1. Re:Skype unbreakable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    While your post certainly makes sense, I simply cannot take serious anyone who uses "GröFaZ" as a nickname.

    (Note to Slashdot moderators: "GröFaZ" is a cryptonym of sorts for Adolf Hitler that (neo-)nazis use in order to be able to talk about him without everyone immediately realising who they're referring to.)

  2. Re:Skype unbreakable? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bundesverfassungsgericht


    Mark Twain was right. The German language is a tool of the devil.

    Chris Mattern