--- title: PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address description: Most chat apps default to using peer-to-peer connections, meaning you and the person you’re talking to connect directly to each other. Experts say it’s not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address | daily.dev og:description: Most chat apps default to using peer-to-peer connections, meaning you and the person you’re talking to connect directly to each other. Experts say it’s not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EN8sMiFrw.png og:image:alt: PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Most chat apps default to using peer-to-peer connections, meaning you and the person you’re talking to connect directly to each other. Experts say it’s not clear that users are aware of this potential privacy issue. Other apps work in a similar way, and can also leak IP addresses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#telegram](https://daily.dev/tags/telegram), [#snap](https://daily.dev/tags/snap), [#peer-to-peer](https://daily.dev/tags/peer-to-peer) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw"},"datePublished":"2023-11-03T14:12:39.623Z","dateModified":"2023-11-03T14:11:01.338Z","description":"Most chat apps default to using peer-to-peer connections, meaning you and the person you’re talking to connect directly to each other. Experts say it’s not...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9605a5cec4a5e3da2678ae85ef1726f?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9605a5cec4a5e3da2678ae85ef1726f?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/psa-your-chat-and-call-apps-may-leak-your-ip-address-en8smifrw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,security,cyber,apple,ios,privacy,telegram,snap,peer-to-peer","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address"}]} ```