Jan 28 2008 4:17PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Trojans, Skype, Security, Encryption
Overheard: Using government Trojans to catch terrorists
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Trojans, Skype, Security, Encryption
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The German Pirate Party just published some internal documents that show how Bavarian crime fighters want to get around Skype’s VOIP encryption: The plan is to trick suspects into installing trojan-like malware on their PCs that then captures Skype phone calls and forwards them to a remote server.
Janko Roettgers, Bavarian police wants to use trojan malware to eavesdrop on Skype phone calls |
On a related note, the U.S. government wants total access to Google search records.
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