is skype encrypted?

[Sandy Harris]

On 4/11/10, Kenneth Loafman <kenneth at loafman.com> wrote:

> Skype is encrypted end-to-end, so us common folk can't get your
>  password.  I would not bet against a back door for the government
>  though, Skype is a closed-source solution.

At least one version has a back door for the Chinese government.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/chinese-skype-client-hands-confidential-communicat

For secure VoIP, I'd say the obvious place to look would be
Zfone from Phil Zimmerman who designed PGP.
http://zfoneproject.com/

Why is that not findable via Synaptic? It is important!