By Sylvia Carr
Published: Tuesday 30 May 2006
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Is this a Windows-only flaw or does it also affect versions of Skype running on Linux and Mac OS X?
The article is platform agnostic but I can't tell if this is because the vulnerability exists for all OSs or merely because it is lazily assumed that all businesses run Windows...
In other words, should I be concerned or can I afford to feel smugl? Did anybody think to ask Skype or Gartner while researching this article?
[Ed note: Good question. The flaw affects Skype for Windows only. The story has been updated accordingly.]
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