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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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[-] c10l@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] mercury 7 points 1 year ago

This is why I'm skeptical towards anything british

[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's started by the same chinese-born person that started OnePlus, which is fully taken over by Oppo now.

[-] c10l@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Oh ok, so you’re skeptical of anything coming from people born in China. There’s a name for that, if only I could remember…

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