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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 88 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What crackhead thought it would be a good idea to store all of that unencrypted?

[–] Ghostalmedia 66 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The same crackhead that thought it was a smart idea to build a business around giving iCloud credentials to a middle man.

[–] whereisk 3 points 10 months ago

Insert Bilbo "after all, why shouldn't I" meme.

[–] kautau 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The company behind the chat software, so these guys

https://www.sunbirdapp.com/

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are there plans for a desktop client?

Anybody with a browser is going to be able to use Sunbird. The messages will synchronize. A big challenge has been synchronizing without them storing the data but we got it right. The web app will synchronize with the Sunbird app. Bottom line... Got a browser? You will be able to use Sunbird.

They already can go to hell.

The frantic fumbling to find whichever bloody tab on which bloody window is making the chime is really something I can do without. And when I DO ignore it, I'm somehow at fault.

[–] kautau 6 points 10 months ago

I mean they can mostly go to hell by stating

The Sunbird servers do not store user data promoting a safe, secure, and private messaging environment. With end-to-end encrypted, conﬁdential messaging, Sunbird is fully secure and completely private.

And then literally storing unencrypted user data on their servers, doing the exact opposite of their claims.

This whole company/product comes off as a shitty cash grab from idiot techbros with little knowledge of software. Apple is going to eat them alive once the litigation starts.

[–] anon_8675309 13 points 10 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 19 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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