Skype is adding a new default security feature primarily to protect gamers from their overheated rivals.<br />The Microsoft-owned service recently announced it would start hiding users’ IP addresses by default in the latest update to Skype.<br />Previously, a Skype user’s IP address was not hidden, meaning hackers who knew what to look for could easily obtain your IP address and thus target your computer.<br />The issue of discovering IP addresses via Skype has been known for several years.<br />Researchers had discovered vulnerabilities allowing hackers to obtain someone’s IP address via Skype as far back as 2010.<br />But it wasn’t until 2012 that reports about obtaining a Skype user’s IP address grabbed public attention.
