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A Microsoft telecommunications application providing voice calls and video chat from a variety of devices including those powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and more.

Skype is a Microsoft telecommunications application providing voice calls and video chat from a variety of devices including those powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and more.

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Claim that Skype is an unconfined application able to access all one's own personal files and system resources

Situation I was about to install Skype on a laptop driven by Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop. The software installation helper graciously informs me that Skype is unconfined. It can access all your personal files and system resources as per the…
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Is this an evidence of a Skype communication being spied on?

A couple of days ago I was having a conversation using Skype, then I wanted to share a link to a page with the interlocutor. I didn't want to let her understand the link content by just looking at the URL so I shortened it with Google shortening…
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Does Skype technology tap a user's machine to route other calls?

I was surfing a random blog today (Enterprise video conferencing solutions vs Skype), and I came across a claim. I do know that the Skype protocol is a proprietary one, but the author of this blog claims that: Skype makes use of peer to peer…
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Are the certificates from "skype click to call" and "avast! Web/Mail Shield" any better than superfish?

My Girlfriend has a years-old laptop from lenovo. I checked it over and wasn't surprised that the Superfish / Komodia Root CA certificate was not present. However I found some others that appear to be similar in function if not purpose. There's…
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ESET warns: Skype attempting to communicate with unknown remote computer

I am frequently getting warnings from my ESET firewall, like that pictured below, that Skype is attempting to communicate over SSL with a remote computer that has an untrusted certificate: The remote computer is always a different host. I don't…
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Skype opens base64-encoded JavaScript. What does it do?

I just came across a rather unusual problem, and I cannot figure out if it actually is a problem (or even security issue) or not. Upon opening Skype on MacOS, a popup window appears (multiple times, but with the exact same content), asking to choose…
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How to demo Skype-decryption using FOSS tools?

I'm preparing a presentation on Skype networking. And I'd like to demo decryption. I found a good approach to decrypting the TLS packets captured with WireShark in this blog post: Rob Andrews, BlueCoat.com, 2014-01-02, Exploring encrypted Skype…
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Skype called someone and connected to them with no action on my part. What do I do?

This happened to me today, September 12, at about 6pm. Any ideas about what happened, what's going on, and what I should do? I was at home alone with my 2 year old -- I was feeding her dinner. All of a sudden, I hear my mom's voice saying, "Bob,…
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Can Skype chat be protected from snooping? Are there safe alternatives?

I use Skype a lot. With all of my clients, staff, contractors and friends, however, the acquisition by Microsoft worries me, as two of my clients are direct MS competitors, and I often work on long projects which are in development for over a year…
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Advertisement on Skype tried to download a file to my computer using Javascript

I usually have Skype running in the background. If you have ever used Skype before, you probably know it has advertisements. One of these advertisements made two windows pop up on my screen, asking to download a file. Windows caught it though (for…
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Got a call from "skype-resolver" on Skype. Should I be concerned?

This morning, I found out that I received a call from "skype-resolver" in the middle of the night on my phone. When I went to Skype, the call was nowhere to be found, presumably because the account had already been deleted. iOS however, kept a…
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Is Skype secure enough to transmit passwords?

Is it considered "secure" to send a password in a skype message and delete the message after the recipient remembered the password?
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How do countries block encrypted protocols like Skype?

I can't make Skype calls outside of my country because they are blocked. As far as I understand, Skype uses strong encryption for the calls, thus, making Deep Packet Inspection unable to detect it. If it's not DPI, then what it can be? People I…
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How do I stop my IP from being resolved through my Skype?

I recently discovered that someone found out my current IP info via Skype among other information. People can do this via a thing called Skype resolvers. However nothing I do so far seems to work. I have my connection set to "Allow direct…
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Using skype for an attack

I am curious about something; let's say someone randomly added me to Skype and tried to initiate a chat with me and I want to know more about them but I am worried if they can do some damage. My question is, how dangerous would it be to have a voice…
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