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On the seventh anniversary of 9.11 British intelligence wowed the audience reporting that the Talibs who are responsible for the atrocity used Skype to plot and coordinate its operations for the attack. The reason for this choice is that the VoIP calls are heavily encrypted and difficult to decode.

Earlier it came easy to the British and U.S. military to eavesdrop on Talibs, because they used satellite or ordinary mobile phones which are easily traceable by all intelligence agencies. But at present Taliban coordinate their attacks through VoIP calls. It is an essential part of the more aggressive strategy and reorganization of this military group. British officials were reported working overtime with American intelligence to crack Skype encryption on suspected terrorist conversations.

Later on British military authorities tried to introduce legislation into the Parliament about ISPs tracking data because the Skype algorithm is considered to be almost impossible to crack. But the proposal was denied as violating individual privacy. Anyhow, as reported July 25, 2008, Austrian officials hinted that Skype calls were quite easy to intercept. Actually, if that’s the case, British officials must have a chat with Vienna sooner or later.