Just wanted to add a slightly off-topic note: > At the time, an exploit for a software weakness in Skype was being traded online, and this exploit could be use

Just wanted to add a slightly off-topic note: > At the time, an exploit for a software weakness in Skype was being traded online, and this exploit could be used to remotely and instantaneously disable any Skype account. According to this article [1] blocking someone's account is still possible. [1] https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulnerabilities/ https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulner...