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

submitted 7 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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[-] HonorIsDead@lemmy.world 116 points 7 months ago

This imploded so quickly I'm impressed

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago

I think they actually got more press for fucking it up than launching it.

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Can confirm, I never heard of them before this post.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"That's nothing, hold my beer!"

-Elon Musk, probably

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Clearly the issue is that piss poor security practices hate free speech.

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago

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

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