Skype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile

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."

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I've discovered even worse Linux privacy problems

[Anonymous Coward]

In the research I did for my doctoral thesis, I found the shocking secret that getty and login and even init both read /etc/password and other files in /etc. My research has not yet found a valid reason for this. I am left feeling that Linux itself is spyware. My proposed solution is to only mount filesystems when a user is not logged in.

Re:Shadow passwords FTW

[ATMD]

+1 Paranoid...