Yasoob Khalid • 4/18/2014

I didn’t know Skype stores your data in a local database without a password!

This article details a significant security vulnerability in Skype where the application stores user data, including contacts, messages, and call logs, in a local database file without any encryption or password protection. It explains how a tool called SkypeFreak can be used to easily extract this sensitive information from any computer where the user has logged in, posing a serious privacy risk.

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