[IP] Skype Threatens Russian National Security?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Randall <rvh40@insightbb.com>
Date: July 26, 2009 8:11:05 AM EDT
To: johnmacsgroup@yahoogroups.com, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com 
>, David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Skype Threatens Russian National Security?

<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/25/0015250/Skype-Apparently-Threatens-Russian-National-Security 
>

"Reuters reports that 'Russia's most powerful business lobby moved to  
clamp
down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the  
Internet
phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national  
security.'
The lobby, closely associated with Putin's political party, cites  
concerns of
'a likely and uncontrolled fall in profits for the core telecom  
operators,' as
well as a fear that law enforcement agencies have thus far been unable  
to
listen in on Skype conversations due to its 256-bit encryption."

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