A security researcher has found it’s possible to reveal a Skype app user’s IP address without the target needing to even click a link. Microsoft said the vulnerability does not need immediate attention.
People still use Skype?
People still use Skype?
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Always on VPN is a good idea, or a VPN just for apps you don’t trust (like skype). https://github.com/Safing/portmaster is a nice visual firewall configurator that can do things like, this app, must use the firewall. (easy to configure split firewall)
When Skype was still in common use, this was a very known issue. I’m in lots of gaming communities, and you had to be careful about who knew your username because you could have your IP exposed then get DDoS.
Possibly they patched it and this is a new instance of this, but it was like this for years and years before.
Pretty sure this was already known. Just even back when Skype was relevant it wasn’t fixed.
If you connect to anything on the internet, you’re giving out your IP address. Why would this be any more of a concern?
