Skype can access the following on your device:
Device & app history
Identity
- add or remove accounts
- find accounts on the device
- read your own contact card
Contacts
- modify your contacts
- read your contacts
Location
- approximate location (network-based)
SMS
- receive text messages (SMS)
- read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
Phone
- directly call phone numbers
Photos/Media/Files
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
Camera
Microphone
Wi-Fi connection information
Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity
Other
- receive data from Internet
- read sync statistics
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- read sync settings
- view network connections
- toggle sync on and off
- create accounts and set passwords
- control vibration
- pair with Bluetooth devices
- run at startup
- change your audio settings
- draw over other apps
- modify system settings
- use accounts on the device
- full network access
- disable your screen lock
- send sticky broadcast
- prevent device from sleeping
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Last Update: 06/12/2015
Source:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider