Chapel Hill Computational Linguists Crack Skype Calls 156
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timothy
from the hookt-on-fon-iks-indeed dept.
from the hookt-on-fon-iks-indeed dept.
mikejuk writes "You might think of linguistics as being interesting but not really useful. Now computational linguistics [PDF of original paper] has been used to crack Skype encryption and reconstruct what is being said in a VoIP call. What is surprising is that though they are encrypted, the frames that make up a Skype call contain clues about what phonemes are being spoken."
Re:Speach recognition (Score:2, Funny)
Do you speak as well as you spell?
Re:Speach recognition (Score:3, Funny)
I hope so; city's spelling was flawless.
You'd best learn what grammar is before you try to be a grammar nazi.
Re:Speach recognition (Score:4, Funny)
Scottish Gaelic. Noun speach f (genitive speacha, plural speachan)
1. wasp
Like newcastlejon said, his Scottish Gaelic spelling was flawless. I always hate it when Google doesn't recognize my wasps.