Skype finally hides its users' IP addresses!
Microsoft's chat service, Skype, will now start hiding its users' IP addresses by default in its latest update. Until now, Skype users' IP addresses were not hidden, which allowed hackers to easily obtain someone's IP address and target their machine.
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This update is especially important for gamers and streamers during their game sessions, who are struggling to avoid distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, since their opponents can simply check their Skype ID and use resolver services to flood it with traffic. This way, they can beat them by taking them offline.
The update came after a series of complaints the company received from Skype users regarding allegations of being blackmailed or harassed online by unknown users.
“This measure will help prevent people from finding any Skype ID and converting it to an IP address,” the Skype team wrote in a blog post. The move is aimed at preventing online harassment in the gaming community in particular, it added.
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