GNU/Linux Users of the P2P telephonic service Skype discovered that that software reads surreptitiously files contained in /etc/passwd and the profiles and configuration of the plugins installed for Firefox.
This was revealed by using AppArmor and confirmed by users of Skype version 1.4.0.94 and 1.4.0.99.
Surely this event shows the how valuable AppArmor is fir revealing the behaviour of any source closed application.
The first discovery was originally made with Skype 1.4.0.99 in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe-4.
* Complete Article in Slashdot
I found it originally at VivaLinux (SPANISH SITE)
It has a link on Skype on Linux (ENGLISH)
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