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THAILAND: ICT Minister says bugging can't be prevented
Eavesdropping fears can be remedied by voice scramblers, says Information and
Communication Technology Minister
Bangkok Post
Saturday, January 20, 2007
It is not possible to prevent eavesdropping on mobile phones because radio
signals spread in the air and can be tapped anywhere, Information and
Communication Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said today.
"No country in the world can prevent phone tapping," said Mr Sitthichai during
an interview with Channel 11 Saturday morning. Nor is it possible to know
whether one's phone is being tapped.
Mr Sitthichai suggested that government agencies encrypt conversations with
so-called "voice scramblers", to prevent casual eavesdropping.
Mr Sitthichai said he had researched voice scrambing for almost 30 years, and
now had asked researchers at Mahanakorn University of Technology to
develop such
devices. He said the equipment could be locally made and sold for a
few thousand
baht apiece.
Imported ones were much more expensive, he said. Fully ready GSM
encryption such
as the GSMK CryptoPhone available in Europe cost about 80,000 baht.
Mr Sitthichai also suggested that Thai authorities own a satellite for
communication purpose, so that it would be harder for anyone to
eavesdrop. This
would need a budget of five to six billion baht, he said. He did not expand on
the difference between cell- and satellite-phones.
Date Posted: 1/20/2007
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