just by regular people, institutions if the call is legitimate
2006-10-09 05:54:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I'm adding this after the 3rd post.
I'm talking about calls to landline phones from Skype. Not computer to computer.
2006-10-09 06:05:27 · update #1
I am not an expert, so my answer is very hypothetical. I believe potentially it CAN be traced (not by regular people, but by some sophisticated institutions dealing with National Security).
A Skype-Out call has to emerge from Internet (where everything is potentially traceable) and travel along the regular landlines like a normal phone call. Caller ID shows in this case some bogus number. The technical problem is to convert this number into the exact location of the "emergence" point and then pinpoint to the Internet packet that arrived to that point through Internet. If you manage to do this, you'll succeed in tracing the call.
I hate when people give answers without knowing the truth, but this time I have made an exception for myself!
2006-10-10 09:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by hec 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-11 04:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I found numerous articles noting that someone was nabbed after making a skype call. Yes because they can trace by IP address
2006-10-09 05:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by julie l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virtually everything online can be traced. It's just not worth doing anything stupid. Do something more productive with the time. Thanks.
2006-10-09 11:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by Roland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope not...I use SKYPE all the time.
2006-10-09 05:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by Mitch G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any type of communications can be mapped by anyone
2006-10-09 05:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by derf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋