[Clips] Is Skype a haven for criminals?

[Steve Schear]

At 11:04 PM 3/9/2006, Damian Gerow wrote:
>Thus spake Steve Schear (s.schear at comcast.net) [09/03/06 13:48]:
>: My understanding is that encryption between Skype users is through remote
>: key generation and key exchange and that any intermediaries (including
>: Skype) don't have the necessary key information to decrypt the data
>: streams.  Can anyone support or refute this assertion?
>
>While I have no key insights into how Skype encryption is handled -- aside
>from the fact that most crypto-knowledgable communities view it skeptically
>-- I /do/ know they've stated they will fully comply with any wiretapping
>request, and declined to comment further on what exactly that meant.

I believe it means they will comply with wiretapping requests of calls that 
touch the public switched network.

Steve