Filed in archive General by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on April 14, 2008

I swear this comes up at least once a year. Despite the fact that encryption is widely available in VoIP, it's not used all that often. Because of that, people get all upset because "someone could be listening in on your calls."

This same issue came up less than six months ago. My response is basically the same: get real. The risk is no greater than it is on a regular landline, which is easily sniffable through a little box on the side of your house.

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Response from: Tsahi Levent-Levi (04/14/08 6:38am)

At first glance, your view seems reasonable, but I think it doesn't hold true in some cases.

In an enterprise, where I sit on the same subnet as the CEO, it would be nice to tap into his calls simply because I can sniff the network.

The internet makes things a lot more open and available for others. VoIP is no different and security is required for it.

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