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Re: Wifi SIP WPA/PSK Support

  • From: Steve Sobol
  • Date: Fri Jan 27 18:08:25 2006

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Crist Clark wrote:

> Because domestically the US gov't (or local LEOs) can just intercept the
> calls when they hit the PSTN. They don't bother intercepting between the
> phone and its access point.

Securing against people who might casually sniff your connection is better
than no security/encryption at all. You won't be able to do anything about
the LEOs if they really want to listen to your {IP|cellular|landline}
phone conversations.

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