Friday, August 25, 2006

Fugitive nabbed after Skype call

The fugitive former CEO may have been convinced that using Skype made him safe from tracking, but he — and everyone else that believes VoIP is inherently more secure than a landline — was wrong. Tracking anonymous peer-to-peer VoIP traffic over the Internet is possible [PDF]. In fact, it can be done even if the parties have taken some steps to disguise the traffic.

If nothing else, this reinforces the message that despite appearances, nothing we do on the Internet is truly anonymous.

Read the article HERE.

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