Speculation over back door in Skype

Here we go again, another rumor that Skype's encryption isn't working, or worse that it is intentionally compromised.

People who claim there's a "back door" in Skype are like those who believe they have seen visitors from outer space. But just try convincing them that they don't exist. The unprovability of it all is evidence to them that Skype and the evil governments they collude with are even more sneaky than we ever imagined.

Oh wait, I've got it, eBay paid what they did for Skype because there are secret and lucrative contracts with certain goverments to lure criminals into using Skype where they will surely be caught ... unaware of the fact that all their conversations are being taped. Sounds like a 007 plot.

Come on folks! It wasn't more than a couple months ago that the German police were complaining that Skype was preventing their ability to catch crooks, and now the Austrians are suggesting just the opposite. Somebody should get these countries talking to each other.

The press is making fools of all of us as we run around in circles following the latest rumors. I beg you to look at the structure of Skype and tell me how you think a "back door" would work in this environment. Nobody, absolutely nobody has such a theory and they most certainly don't have any actual evidence.