If the URL is scraped from the message as it passes through Microsoft's servers, then Microsoft's servers have direct access to your chat text (i.e. not an encr

If the URL is scraped from the message as it passes through Microsoft's servers, then Microsoft's servers have direct access to your chat text (i.e. not an encrypted channel from client-to-client). If the URL is sent from the receiving client to Microsoft for analysis, then Microsoft has a list of all URLs that have been communicated to you via Skype. Either of these scenarios chips away at / tears down the idea that Skype is a 'secure' communications platform.