I wonder if the terrorists know this?

Skype use may make eavesdropping passe - USA Today (Thanks David)

Skype, the Internet calling service recently acquired by eBay, provides free voice calls and instant messaging between users. Unlike other Internet voice services, Skype calls are encrypted — encoded using complex mathematical operations. That apparently makes them impossible to snoop on, though the company leaves the issue somewhat open to question.

Skype is certainly not the first application for encrypted communications on the Internet. Secure e-mail and instant messaging programs have been available for years at little or no cost.

But to a large extent, Internet users haven't felt a need for privacy that outweighed the extra effort needed to use encryption. In particular, e-mail programs such as Pretty Good Privacy have been considered too cumbersome by many.

And because such applications have had limited popularity, their mere use can draw attention. With Skype, however, criminals, terrorists and other people who really want to keep their communications private are indistinguishable from those who just want to call their mothers....

I hope the government does not go after the USA today for aiding and abetting the enemy, since this is essentially telling them how to avoid being detected.

Does anyone else find it so unbelievable that the Republicans in the Senate, refuse to investigate the NSA wiretaps? It is as if they are willing to put the party ahead ofthee country. They are also in effect limiting their own power, since the constitution explicitly gives congress the right to limit or expand executive power. Eventually, their will be no need for Congress.