Skype acknowledges Android vulnerability, user data at risk [video]

The detectives over at Android Police have found an interesting weakness in Skype for Android. The site has discovered that the popular VoIP chat client stores contact details, conversation logs, and a host of other information in a series of unprotected squlite3 databases. “Skype mistakenly left these files with improper permissions, allowing anyone or any app to read them,” reads the article. “Not… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Boy Genius Report Discovery Date : 15/04/2011 05:38 Number of articles : 5

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Skype acknowledges Android vulnerability, user data at risk

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