This upgrade permits private transfers between accounts.
Fees paid to do these stealthy transfers go to holders of the "STEALTH" Fee Backed Asset (FBA).
Rumor has it that the investing sponsor of this FBA will be putting some of them up for sale, so be watching for that.
Discussion occurs here:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,21500.msg279820.html#msg279820Stan