Skype — What It Is and How to Handle It

Skype is a link preview crawler that fetches page metadata to generate rich previews when URLs are shared.

Operator: Skype | Type: Preview | Category: Preview

Skype is classified as preview. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects Skype using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.