Evildoers trust Skype encryption, Cops seek more power

BBC News reports:

Officers in Milan say organised crime, arms and drugs traffickers, and prostitution rings are turning to Skype in order to frustrate investigators.

The police say Skype's encryption system is a secret which the company refuses to share with the authorities.

Investigators have become increasingly reliant on wiretaps in recent years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan have highlighted the Skype issue.

They overheard a suspected cocaine trafficker telling an accomplice to switch to Skype in order to get details of a 2kg (4.4lb) drug consignment.

So:

1. Get your friends to use Skype!
2. Police don't like to tap PCs – harder, more dangerous for officers.
3. Police should enjoy intercepting Skype Lite for mobiles and Skypephones since gateways run by Skype or iSkoot should be convenient and safe.
4. Police and intelligence agencies in the UK (explained more recently), Germany, the US,  and now Italy are trying to pressure the public to give them more surveillance power, using Skype's encryption as the pretext.
5. Word Of Mouth Works!

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