WengoPhone vs. Skype

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 27 August 2007, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Many thanks for the tip on gizmo, I finally have an alternative to the
> > skype spyware.
>
> Why do you think skype is spyware?
>
>
> Nils

from: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/08/26/1312256.shtml

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Skype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile
Posted by samzenpus on Sunday August 26, @11:40AM
from the to-send-better-ads dept.
Privacy
mrcgran writes "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
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