Chrome Skype extension with 9m installs found to be leaking user info

03-Mar-22

Microsoft has solved a privacy flaw in its Skype plugin for Chrome that put millions of users’ account information at danger..

Wladimir Palant, a security researcher, uncovered a “minor” problem in the Skype-for-Chrome plugin, which has nine million downloads, that allows websites to obtain information about user accounts that should normally be restricted

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