UK's GCHQ spy agency pushes VOIP crypto protocol that 'facilitates mass surveillance,' says researcher
by Xeni Jardin from on (#11ECP)
A VOIP encryption protocol the UK spy agency GCHQ is pushing for mandatory adoption comes with a hidden surprise: a built-in backdoor that lets anyone who has a master key decrypt the call. That's according to a security expert at University College in London, who published the findings on his blog this week.