Skype vulnerabilities may be a pirate's downfall and more

Arrrr, actually it may be more than just internet pirates who may be screaming this.  A report published by a research group has found a way to identify Skype users ID's and then identify also which of those users use P2P (peer to peer file sharing) software, specifically targeting BitTorrent users.  P2P users who hide their IP's as well were not safe from the tests.  Movie and Music studios will definitely be interested in this privacy exploit as they continue their crusade against file sharing.  While this loop hole in Skype's software can identify down to the Computer used it can't actually identify the user behind the machine.  Nevertheless the privacy concerns of being able to identify who people were by ip address along with their private info and also what information they are sharing on P2P programs should be an alarming concern for Skype Users. Links to two articles on this report along with the report are below:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/242278/researchers_id_skype_users_who_also_use_bittorrent.html     

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/researchers-identify-skype-user/             

Here is the original report for those who wish to read