Skype 3.0 includes a spyware?
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Skype acknowledges it, the Skype 3.0 calling client has been spying on its Windows-based users since the middle of December by secretly accessing their system bios settings and recording the motherboard serial number.
The snooper agent is the handiwork of a third-party program called EasyBits Software, which Skype uses to manage Skype plug-ins, the Register reports. Among other things like parental control, EasyBits offers DRM features that prevent the unauthorized use or distribution of plug-ins.
The practice was discontinued, at least in the version 3.0.0.216 — since Skype learned that EasyBits DRM did not perform well on some newer platforms.
Feb 15, 2007 | By Nuno
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