February 7th, 2007, 12:28 PM
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pagetable.com Quote: |
Originally Posted by pagetable.com It’s dumping your system BIOS, which usually includes your motherboard’s serial number, and pipes it to the Skype application. I have no idea what they’re using it for, or whether they send anything to their servers, but I bet whatever they’re doing is no good given their track record. |
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February 7th, 2007, 12:51 PM
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wow, I had no idea, thanks
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February 12th, 2007, 05:03 PM
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It looks like they've removed it now. http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/11/skype_bios_snoop/ Quote: |
Originally Posted by Skype.com Since we learned that EasyBits DRM did not perform well on some newer platforms, we updated the version of their framework with one that no longer attempts to read from the BIOS. |
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February 21st, 2007, 08:48 AM
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February 27th, 2007, 10:04 AM
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never knew it. Glad that it is fixed. i really care about privacy. why would skype need to read our bios ? | |
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February 27th, 2007, 10:05 AM
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What exact information from your bios could be devastating to your privacy?
Your using a p2p software that was created by someone who developed KaZaa. What were you expecting? Quote: |
Skype also routes calls through other Skype peers on the network to ease the traversal of Symmetric NATs and firewalls.
| Perhaps you have other things to worry about when it comes to Skype? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
Read up on how it works. | |
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February 27th, 2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by GroundZero3  What exact information from your bios could be devastating to your privacy?
Your using a p2p software that was created by someone who developed KaZaa. What were you expecting?
Perhaps you have other things to worry about when it comes to Skype? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
Read up on how it works. | anyway why is it necessary to read the BIOS ? I dont really care what skype does. only thing i worry about is my PC security  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype (this explains a lot about skype. thanks) | |
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February 27th, 2007, 10:11 AM
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Did you read what else i posted? Your connection goes through other users as its a peer to peer service. Granted its encrypted, but the potential for a man in the middle attack could happen. | |
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February 27th, 2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by GroundZero3 Did you read what else i posted? Your connection goes through other users as its a peer to peer service. Granted its encrypted, but the potential for a man in the middle attack could happen. | of course i got your point. Kazzaa didn't have much reputation. but i feel Skype is quite safe because it is now owned by Paypal. | |
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February 27th, 2007, 10:17 AM
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