is skype encrypted?

[Xander Pirdy]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Kenneth Loafman <kenneth at loafman.com>wrote:

> user1 wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:59:13 +0400, Alan Holt wrote:
> >
> >> NO! NEVER!
> > Does this answer mean that skype cannot be sniffed, or does it mean that
> > skype is never encrypted - please clearify :-)
> >
> >>> Can someone [same subnet, e.g.: with a hub, not switch..] sniff my
> >>> skype password when i'm using Skype? Is it encrypted?
>
> Skype is encrypted end-to-end, so us common folk can't get your
> password.  I would not bet against a back door for the government
> though, Skype is a closed-source solution.
>
> ...Ken
>

Pretty sure that by law it has to be wire trappable by the government (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act),
at least on SkypeOut.

-Xander

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