Mailing the story:
Norwegian Police has equipment capable of listening in on IP-telephone conversations
..and chances are high they also can monitor all other communication systems. Big brother can read your e-mail and so forth. Luckily, protection is available. The protection is GNU Privacy Guard, a tool allowing you to secure your mail and instant message chats. The voice and video phone program Gnomemeeting allows you to call other Internet users free, but it does not support encryption.