Taliban using Skype phones to dodge MI6
Another excuse for the government to either ban VOIP or instigate legislation to spy on us further..
Taliban fighters targeting British troops in Afghanistan are using the latest ‘internet phones’ to evade detection by MI6, security sources said last night.
Skype, a popular piece of consumer software that allows free calls to be made over the web, has been adopted by insurgents to communicate with cells strung out across the country.
Unlike traditional mobile calls, which can be monitored by RAF Nimrod spy planes, Skype calls – the commercial application of a technology called Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) – are heavily encrypted.
Voice calls are broken into millions of pieces of data before being sent down the line and reassembled by the other caller’s computer.
The British and American governments are investing considerable resources to crack the codes, and in the UK the Government is introducing legislation to force internet service providers to log all web activity by subscribers, which could then be turned over to the security services on demand.
Sir David Pepper, the head of GCHQ, the British Government’s top-secret listening post, has told MPs that internet calls are ‘seriously undermining’ his organisation’s ability to intercept communications.
Skype said last night it did not want to comment.
hahhahaha.....its really funny...dis was what was left....Talibans usin Skype.....poor pppl how do dey recharge//:P
They might be even using google earth to know their whereabouts in the region... Csi.
Thanks. I did. We were supposed to be based in a hotel in Kabul.. 65 employees and 100 security staff.. I thought better of it..
The skype can easily be decoded in case the skype team cooperates becasue they know the code. It is not like enigma. Prohibiting it will not change any thing in Afghanistan, only an effective planing by Nato forces can bear some positive results.
if they are paying you million just reject it for sake of your life you never know what will happen.
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I was offered a job in Aghanistan last year with a Telecoms service Provider.. They only had network available in three regions..
Its amazing the technology these guys are adapting...
WoW............. they must stop selling
Stealing them from their camps or the one which gets useless are given to the boys around and they sell it in the market for just 10$-50$
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Americans are providing them....lol
The satellite connected notebooks from the army. but still thats traceable right. hmm second option the cellphone network boosters you just need a chip to connect right?
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What I find strange is that Skype requires Internet.. Where the hell do they get access out in the valleys of Kandahar??
fear is a useful tool both r using it
smaaaaaaaaaaaaart azz very very smart lol using skype damn i never used it and am never interested in it
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trying to get the more legislative power to google the people, and taliban threat can be a good pretext.
skype? well, maybe the price of explosives is skyrocketing. they might not have spare cash for those fancy mobiles and satellite scramblers anymore