Skype Stumps German Police

So if you really want to Talk to other people and don't want someone to listen in then you might really want to use Skype. Apparently the Encryption of the Skype data is causing the German Police difficulties on wire tapping. The problem is basically that the voice data is sent as data packets over various links instead of a constant straight link like conventional phones. Therefore, the encryption is hard to detect and break. I'm sure that Germany is putting their best minds on the subject and will eventually break the encryption but for now it seems to be a safe medium to speak without being tapped. According to the article the German police are not in discussions with Skype about adding a backdoor. They realize that no provider would accept this.