FYI skype security flaw

[bowtieduece]

Here is a link to the article by android police.


http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...r-name-phone-number-chat-logs-and-a-lot-more/

Skype stores your contacts, your profile, your instant message logs, and more in a number of sqlite3 databases. these files are not encrypted or protected in any way.

 

[HashTagHell]

Sucks for the people that put all of their information in there.

 

[jcase]

Sucks for the people that put all of their information in there.

Actually, there is a lot more I could of nabbed, when I wrote it, I made it was basic as possible to prove my point.

I could grab your credential token.

jcase

 

[masri1987]

When you wrote what?

Actually, there is a lot more I could of nabbed, when I wrote it, I made it was basic as possible to prove my point.

I could grab your credential token.

jcase

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[jcase]

When you wrote what?





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Look at the author of the article/app...

 

[Bern612]

Look at the author of the article/app...

ROFL Sorry but I had to laugh

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[HashTagHell]

Actually, there is a lot more I could of nabbed, when I wrote it, I made it was basic as possible to prove my point.

I could grab your credential token.

jcase

By all means, please explain.

 

[moosez3]

By all means, please explain.

yes please, because I was very interested in having skype, but now not so much

 

[jcase]

By all means, please explain.

My post has enough information for you to explore on your own, and more than proves the issue. After it is fixed, I may explain more.

 

[lpd0084]

Glad I saw this. I was just about to try it out lol. Good job jcase!

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[justinisloco]

without much knowledge, I thought you meant YOU wrote the Skype app as a point to prove you can hack into peoples personal information. basically calling it a fake "leaked" skype. lol.