Skype Location Exposure
http://j.mp/vMu43V (New York Times) "If a user's Skype application was running, the researchers could call inconspicuously and, in the process of placing the call, glean the user's Internet Protocol address. Every hour, the researchers logged an I.P. address for each user. That address could in turn be used to determine the user's geographic location - in some cases, right down to the ZIP code." - - - Not a red alert by any means, but worth noting. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
