[clug] Skype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile

[Rainer Klein]

> In case some people don't read slashdot..
>
> "Users of Skype for Linux have just found out that it reads the files
> /etc/passwd, firefox profile, plugins, addons, etc, and many other
> unnecessary files in /etc. This fact was originally discovered by using
> AppArmor, but others have confirmed this fact using strace on versions
> 1.4.0.94 and 1.4.0.99. What is going on? This probably shows how
> important it is to use AppArmor in any closed-source application in
> Linux to restrict any undue access to your files."
>
> http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=95261
>
>
> I never trusted that software (from the makers of mega-spyware Kazaa)
> and use Ekiga myself :)
>
> -c

The topic has been taken up by 'The Inquierer' (see link).

	http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41932

Rainer