Re: VOIP over Wi-Fi subject to eavesdropping?
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Re: VOIP over Wi-Fi subject to eavesdropping?

From: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 10:49:07 CEST

"NotMe" <me@privacy.net> writes:

>"Floyd L. Davidson"
>| >
>| >IF your VOIP is is not encrypted then yes it could be "overheard".
>| >If the wireless link from your laptop to the access point is not
>encrypted,
>| >then yes, it could be overheard. I have no idea if VoicePulse encrypts
>the
>| >stuff.
>|
>| So you are admitting it is exactly as I said. If *you* don't
>| provide the encryption, it is *not* secure.
>|
>| And I *guarantee* you that on occasion there *are* people
>| listening.

>Do not assume that if it is encrypted that at some point it will not be
>decrypted, either today, tomorrow or some n-th day after tomorrow.

And the conclusion anyone is to draw from this? /do not assume that time
travel or mind reading cannot occur in the future. So what does that mean?
One lives life rationally by examining alternatives and the liklihhod of
them. One does not live by simply listing all possibilities no matter how
outlandish and stopping at that point.
Received on Thu Sep 29 20:00:37 2005