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\t\t\tSkype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile<\/h3>\n
\t \tPosted by \t \tsamzenpus \ton Sunday August 26, @11:40AM<\/strong>
\nfrom the to-send-better-ads<\/strong> dept.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\tmrcgran<\/a> writes “Users of Skype for Linux have just found out that it reads the files \/etc\/passwd, firefox profile, plugins, addons, etc<\/a>, and many other unnecessary files in \/etc. This fact was originally discovered by using AppArmor<\/a>, 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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