Skype for Android Exposes Personal Info

If you use the Skype for Android app your personal information may be vulnerable due to the way the app stores your data unencrypted and without proper file permissions.

Android Police reports that this exploit was discovered during checking out a leaked version of Skype Video on the Thunderbolt.

Surely, only this leaked beta build was vulnerable, or so I thought. Nevertheless upon examining the standard version of Skype for Android I discovered the same vulnerability – meaning this affects all of the meanwhile 10 million users of the app.

The folders

The folders and sqllite3 databases containing all of your personal data is accessible by anyone with access to your Android or any app installed onto the Android.