Re: Skype singled out as thread to Russia's security

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

The main content here:

"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.

In partnership with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's political party, the lobby created a working group to draft legal 
safeguards
against what they said were the risks of Skype and other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services.

VoIP software has used the Internet to let hundreds of millions of people talk long-distance for free,
or at far cheaper rates than traditional service providers can offer."
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And

"...
Delegates at the meeting also warned that it has been impossible for police to spy on VoIP conversations, Vedomosti 
business daily reported on Friday.
.."

Juha-Matti

Juha-Matti Laurio [juha-matti.laurio () netti fi] kirjoitti: 
> Link to Reuters story:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56N41I20090724

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