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Re:NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution by cperciva on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @04:27PM (#522287)
Not billions, but I could certainly imagine them paying millions if someone provided them with a passive break.

Much easier to tap a few fibre optic cables (either with or without the cooperation of telcos) than to crack individual systems -- and the risk of discovery is much less, too.

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Re:NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution by tptacek on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @06:58PM (#522499)
Sure. But that's not what the report said. People have all sorts of crazy stories about what the NSA did or didn't say. I think this one is BS.
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