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Larry wrote:

2 - Skype uses ANY old port it wants, not Port 12345. I don't even think
the NSA's mainframes are large enough to find every port Skype uses on
every American's computer across the country. Besides, did we mention it's
ENCRYPTED from Skype to Skype? Mine says it's encrypted. Who am I talking
to if you can't even tell it's a phone call, not a file transfer?? NSA
also has more important things to worry about than being tax police
bureaucrats.

Well, not really a problem, as NSA's Mainframes look at ALL the IP
traffic coming into or out of each SAT Transponder, and can, and do,
archive all that data for later analysis, if needed. They don't really
care what IP Port the traffic is using, as that doesn't really come into
play, except on the receiving computer end, anyway. NSA's Cyrptic
Section, regularly deals with much "Meaner" cyphers that what Skype uses
in the datastream of their IP Phone drivers. They may not be doing
"Realtime" Decrypting, but if they have need to, it is really easy, and
very possible.

Me