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	#SKYPE SECURITY VULNERABILITY
	After this has happened to me I did a little reading on the internet and it seems like Skype has had security problems for a long time now.
	Further reading -
	https://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Spoofed-message-from-contact/td-p/4026578/page/115
	https://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Virus-hijacking-Skype-to-send-out-web-page-links/td-p/4256327/page/2
	https://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-archive/Spam-message-sent-to-all-contacts-devices-were-off/td-p/4029210
	I would like to make a few points.
	1. More people should know about this.
	2. To make sure I am making myself clear - Skype has a problem! People were sending spam messages from my account even after I did the following.
	a ) changed my password several times
	b ) uninstalled / reinstalled Skype on all of my devices
	Messages were being sent even when I was logged out from Skype and there weren’t any applications in my third party list in Skype itself indicating that even if I did have a virus on my computer it was using a security hole in the Skype client. If you read the forums it suggests there is a deeper issue with the Skype servers probably having to do with linking the accounts with Microsoft.
	3. Skype should be doing a better job at being more transparent about this problem. It has been a serious cause of stress for myself.
	Now that I am thinking about chat alternatives and also after reading this -
	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670958
	I am wondering what the options are. Is matrix [http://matrix.org/] my best bet?