As computer-based technologies, Voice over Internet Protocol telephone systems (VoIP) are as vulnerable to attacks as PCs. The problem is, says one telecommunications security company, few people ever think that their voice conversations-and their user accounts- can easily be spied upon, recorded, and stolen.”Nobody takes VoIP security seriously enough,” contends Rick Dalmazzi, chief executive of Ottawa-based VoIPshield Systems, Inc., a VoIP security firm. Consumers who use telephone systems from such companies as Vonage are using VoIP technology.To read the rest of this story, see bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/voip-system-security-time-to-worry-or-maybe-not.