In May 2012, Skype, which became part of Microsoft in the meantime, was still looking into the matter, claiming at the time that it was investigating a “new tool” that could be used to capture user IP addresses. In October 2011, the researchers published their findings on this security flaw and revealed that it allowed them to track thousands of users for several weeks. The issue with Skype revealing users’ IP addresses was discovered in November 2010, when researchers from French research institute Inria and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University informed Skype on the matter.

This privacy enhancement will be available for both desktop and mobile users, Microsoft revealed in a blog post.

The ability to hide IP addresses was added to Skype recently, and the company has decided to enable it by default in the latest version of the communications app. Microsoft has released an updated version of its popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) application that now hides users’ IP addresses by default.

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