Disclaimer: There is no evidence that Skype does that, i just think about, that it easily could!<p>Messenger apps like Skype always have great permissions on your system - especially Mic + Camera permissions. Do trust those applications, especially Skype?
a few days ago i posted a Chrome Chat App, which can use Skype without any permissions (optional camera + mic permissions)
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12158740" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12158740</a> - may this helps for paranoid people ;)<p>anyway did you think about that one:
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuckerberg-tape-webcam-microphone-facebook" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuck...</a>