"Users of Skype for Linux have just found out that it reads the files /etс/pаsswd, firefox profile, plugins, addons, etc, and many other unnecessary files in /etc. This fact was originally discovered by using AppArmor, but others have confirmed this fact using strace on versions 1.4.0.94 and 1.4.0.99. What is going on? This probably shows how important it is to use AppArmor in any closed-source application in Linux to restrict any undue access to your files."
все, вместе с остальной всякой хней, уже известной про скайп - с чтением bios и другими вещами - я перестаю пользоваться skype.