Skype reads your bios?

Slashdot posted this article about Skype. It reads your BIOS (it's on your motherboard and holds a unique number, attached hardware and so on) so it seems. If this is true, then Skype is malicious and above that a lying company. In that case Skype would be exit on my machine and probably on many more..
Skype? What's up with this?

Alternatives:
Gizmo
Wengo phone
VOIP Buster
PC Telephone