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Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 1 year 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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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This sounded like a disaster when it was first revealed they were basically relaying messages through some Macs they had lying around the office.

[–] HonorIsDead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This imploded so quickly I'm impressed

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"That's nothing, hold my beer!"

-Elon Musk, probably

[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

We hear enough about Musk. There's no need to bring him up where it's not relevant.