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Skype wants your etc/passwd data (and your Firefox plugins)

Zaphod8 on Skype’s forum reports the following: I’m using Skype 1.4.0.99 in my Ubuntu Gutsy Tribe-4, and I decided to setup an AppArmor profile to isolate skype from the rest of my system (since Skype access the network, I would like to protect my system against a potential 0-day remote flaw in Skype, by restricing Skype to access only those files strictly required, like those in the folder ~/.Skype — so that, in case skype is compromised, only skype files would suffer). AppArmor allows users to fence off areas of the hard drive and system to applications and reports attempted infractions. Zaphod8 received the following log entry when getting Skype 1.4.0.99 to make a test call:

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