"Italy police warn of Skype threat" [USE THIS VERSION - left some stuff out]

[Jerry Leichter]

"Criminals in Italy are increasingly making phone calls over the  
internet in order to avoid getting caught through mobile phone  
intercepts, police say...."

But that's only half the story.  Much of the issue goes in the other  
direction:  The Italian press apparently gets much of its information  
from crime reporting from wiretaps, often of government officials!  So  
the government is trying to control both directions:  Preserve its  
ability to wiretap while stopping the press from doing so.

Whole article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7890443.stm

                                                        -- Jerry



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