Skype for Android could expose Sensitive User Data to Rogue Apps

Skype for Android did not securely store sensitive user data on the user’s Android device, leaving the information accessible to any third-party app trying to harvest data, Justin Case, an amateur Android developer, wrote on the android police blog on April 15. The data included names, dates of birth, location information, account balances, phone numbers, email addresses, and biographic details, Case said.  Skype said on its blog post that it is investigating the issue but acknowledged that users who install malicious third-party applications on Android phones could expose data locally stored on the phone by the mobile application.