The wheels of legislative oversight turn slowly, and by the time Congress gets around to reining in Bush’s warrantless phone-tap program, we could all be wearing that lovely Guantánamo Bay shade of orange. Fortunately, computer code ships faster than legal code, and it wouldn’t take more than a few good geeks and a month’s supply of Red Bull to whip up an alternative solution: A fully encrypted open-source version of the free voice-over-Internet phone program Skype (skype.com)
Link: Village Voice
