Opinion: Change these settings on X to limit calls and hide your IP address

A visitor tests Ray Neo X2 Lite AR glasses during the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. If you want to avoid random calls from people you may not know or want to hide your IP address from the X community, here are the mobile app settings you need to change. — AP

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has made audio and video calling capabilities available to all users, not just those with paid accounts. But a privacy issue has emerged from the rollout.

The changes have made it so anyone following you on the platform formerly known as Twitter can call and see your Internet Protocol address by default.