Comments on: Security Flaw Links BitTorrent Users to Skype Accounts

By: Skype Journal – October 2011 News Roundup « Skype Journal

Skype Journal – October 2011 News Roundup « Skype Journal — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:16:48 +0000

[...] A security hack could reveal your Skype profile and IP address and what bittorrent files you’re do…. Read the paper from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, NYU-Poly, and the French research institute INRIA. Your browser gives up your IP address every time you visit a web page so this is most interesting to people avoiding surveillance and actively protecting their privacy. Tip: use a different VPN for Skype and each app you use to avoid the cross-referencing that might lead to blackmail. [...]

By: Difetto di Skype è in grado di rivelare le abitudini degli utenti p2p

Difetto di Skype è in grado di rivelare le abitudini degli utenti p2p — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:21:44 +0000

[...] come invadere la privacy degli utenti Skype e chiamarli senza alcuna autorizzazione. I ricercatori sono riusciti anche a ottenere l’indirizzo IP degli utenti Skype collegandoli ad attività specifiche su [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:20:00 +0000

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By: Un fallo en Skype permite obtener las IPS de sus usuarios

Un fallo en Skype permite obtener las IPS de sus usuarios — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:14:14 +0000

[...] | Torrent Freak En ¡Vaya Tele! | Skype vuelve poco a poco a la vida tras el fallo que ha dejado sin servicio a [...]

By: Fallo en Skype permite el seguimiento de descargas en BitTorrent desde hace un año « ??? Û???Ø?ø

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:39:44 +0000

[...] encontrada permite a personas ajenas vincular sus cuentas de usuarios del programa con las descargas en BitTorrent que realizan. Pasado este tiempo y tras realizar varios análisis este año, los investigadores [...]

By: Security Flaw Links BitTorrent Users to Skype Accounts | Hosted VOIP Phone System

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:45:18 +0000

[...] Posted by hostedvoipphonesystem on October 23, 2011 in Voip Security · 0 Comments Security Flaw Links BitTorrent Users to Skype Accounts “These findings have real security implications for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who use VoIP or P2P file-sharing services.” “A hacker anywhere in the world could easily track the whereabouts and file-sharing habits of a Skype … Read more on TorrentFreak [...]

By: Fallo en Skype permite el seguimiento de descargas en BitTorrent desde hace un año | R-NET

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:35:17 +0000

By: Un fallo en Skype permite obtener las IPS de sus usuarios | ideasweb.info | Noticias, Software y novedades. Las mejores aplicaciones web, con los trucos más útiles y toda la información en nuestro blog.

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:12:22 +0000

[...] | Torrent Freak - xatakaon.com En ¡Vaya Tele! | Skype vuelve poco a poco a la vida tras el fallo que ha dejado [...]

By: DocGerbil100

DocGerbil100 — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Sorry, Needlez, but the issue is on Skype’s servers, so how exactly would end-users running a different OS help?

Whether we’re talking about Windows or Linux, it’s not as if the FOSS world is awash with equally accessible, featured and stable videochat clients and secure networks.

For certain software – for me, the FireFox web-browser and the Pidgin text-chat-client spring to mind – open source is absolutely magnificent and I don’t hesitate to evangelise it to anyone who’ll listen.

For other software – like videochat clients, torrent-clients, even standalone media-managers and players – the open-source movement is so far from it’s A-game it’s not even funny (and don’t get me started on Ubuntu).

Don’t get me wrong – I like FOSS – but at the moment, it seems to be Skype or nothing for videocalls. If anyone reading can suggest any better alternatives, I’d love to give them a try. :)

By: Connor Behan

Connor Behan — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:38:00 +0000

Yeah and you wouldn’t get any hits unless you had spent years building up a database by hacking Skype accounts, or months scraping Wikipedia or days negotiating with privacy violating ISP. There are easier ways to put names to IPs.