VoIP - open season for hackers

This is an interesting article about how easy it is to hack into VoIP calls and extract information, including the ability to listen in on the call itself. Being a VoIP customer, using VoIP in my home, this immediately drew my attention.

But let's give this some thought. So someone hacks into my phone call and discovers my IP address, and maybe even my name. Then let's say they even go so far as to listen in on my conversations. I have to ask myself, do I really care? Do I care that a stranger, who is located "somewhere", knows that in my discussion with a relative that one of my kids were sick or that the car needed repairs? After giving this some thought, this doesn't concern me that much at all!

Now if they were able to get enough information from the call to figure out how to make long distance calls on my tab... then I would be a little concerned.

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