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Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Nothing Chats, a rival to apps like Beeper and AirMessage, advertised itself as a secure platform for sending messages to iMessage users.
  • However, less than 24 hours after its launch, investigations into the app revealed that Nothing Chats logged every message in plain text and stored unencrypted data, including text messages, images, videos, and more, making it a significant privacy and security risk.
  • The company removed the app from the Play Store following these complaints, citing "several bugs" that need fixing.
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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean it’s Carl Pei, right? He’s always done stuff to get attention his products one way or another.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All Pei did was put a Nothing skin on Sunbird. It was Sunbird that didn’t encrypt the comms.

That said, Pei was so damn thirsty for marketing attention that Nothing obviously didn’t fully vet the security around Sunbird’s product.

[–] spiderman@ani.social 1 points 11 months ago

He should have choose a better product. Is Beeper better than Sunbird?