""Users of Skype for Linux have just found out that it reads the files /etc/passwd, firefox profile, plugins, addons, etc, and many other unnecessary files in /etc..."
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mattflaschen
17 years 7 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago
Your password isn't even in /etc/passwd.
Your password isn't even in /etc/passwd. It's probably just reading that file so it can locate the home directory. Much ado about nothing.
aboutblank
17 years 7 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago
This isn't news. All non-free software
This isn't news. All non-free software contains the potential to "Do Evil"(TM). Only free software gives the user the liberty to control their computer.