European Crackdown On Skype "Loophole"

Posted by timothy on Monday February 23, 2009 @12:36AM from the only-the-suspicious-ones-of-course dept.

angry tapir writes "Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown on what law authorities believe is a massive technical loophole in current wiretapping laws, allowing criminals to communicate without fear of being overheard by the police. Eurojust, a European Union agency responsible for coordinating judicial investigations across different jurisdictions, has announced the opening of an investigation involving all 27 countries of the European Union."

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Re:Too many loopholes by Chrisq · 2009-02-23 01:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Suppose they have a way to intercept Skype calls and decrypt everything. How will they know a conversation like "Aunt Emma's cat had seven kittens, three black and four white" actually means "I'm sending seven kilos of heroin, Giuseppe will take three and Giovanni four"?
because you've just told us - and you are now on the "listen" list