US EditionJack Dorsey Says His 'Secure' New Bitchat App Has Not Been Tested for Security
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A messenger that works without Internet and mobile? Bitchat, developed by Jack Dorsey, promises decentralized communication with Bluetooth.
Jack Dorsey launched Bichat, a Bluetooth-based email application that aims to provide secure and private communications without dependency on the Internet. But security researchers have discovered critical flaws, including a failed identity authentication that allows for identity usurpation attacks. After that, Jack Dorsey warned that Bitchat had not been subject to a security review and that the application should not be used in production, whi…
Jack Dorsey launches White Noise, his next decentralized chat app after Bitchat beta
Yesterday, Jack Dorsey shared the website for a new decentralized messaging app called White Noise. This app differs from Bitchat, which he released for beta testing a few days earlier. White Noise is built on Nostr—short for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”—and uses the MLS (Messaging Layer Security) protocol. Nostr is an open protocol for building decentralized social networks. It’s a transport protocol and the framework for the c…
Jack Dorsey Says His 'Secure' New Bitchat App Has Not Been Tested For Security
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: On Sunday, Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey launched an open source chat app called Bitchat, promising to deliver "secure" and "private" messaging without a centralized infrastructure. The app relies on Bluetooth and end-to-end encrypt...
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has launched BitChat, an innovative messaging application that operates without the need for Internet, mobile coverage or central servers. It uses a Bluetooth-based mesh network, allowing offline communication even during blackouts. BitChat is a decentralized, open source application that connects nearby devices, operating as nodes on a network where messages ‘jump’ between phones to reach the recipient. Privacy is…
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