Taliban evades tracking by British intelligence
September 15, 2008
Internet phones have come to the rescue of Taliban. While British intelligence rely on using the latest technology to track down Taliban activity, the militant group, in a bid to evade tracking, relies on internet phones to avoid detection in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, militants are using ‘Spyke’, a popular software that allows free calls over the web, to communicate with cells across the country. The unknown source revealed:
“The trouble with this technology is that it is easily available but devilishly hard to crack. The technology can now be accessed on mobile Internet devices and the country’s cell phone network is expanding rapidly. In fact, M16 is finding it virtually impossible to intercept calls made via the Internet by the Taliban targeting British and US forces, as they are heavily encrypted.”
Sir David Pepper, the head of GCHQ, the British government’s top-secret listening post, revealed to the MP’s that Internet calls are ‘seriously undermining’ his organisation’s ability to monitor Taliban communications. To counter the vexed problem, both UK and US are investing considerable resources to crack the codes. The UK, the government is bent on promogulating legislation to force Internet service providers to log all web activity.
Technology certainly is a two edged sword!
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