Iam not sure what was that you were looking for in the article. (Lawful intercept requirement is a vast subject to explain in few paragraphs). Couple of points

Iam not sure what was that you were looking for in the article. (Lawful intercept requirement is a vast subject to explain in few paragraphs). Couple of points: 1) Lawful intercept requirements have been supported by wireless and wireline switches for years now. So the ability to wiretap your conversation is already available to law enforcement agencies. Having said that, to wiretap any user, law enforcement agency should get a prior approval from the court. So just because a product supports wiretapping doesn’t mean that anyone can listen to your conversation. So below points mentioned by you doesn’t make sense "Maybe you don't want a casual eavesdropper to listen in on your conversation and take something the wrong way" 2) Skype has issues with supporting wiretapping because of its architecture. If it’s used for illegal activities then I don’t see any reason why law enforcement can force them to support the same. These are the guys who are working hard to nail these assholes. 3) I don’t see a point in comparing reading offline data like wikipedia and real-time voice communication.