{"id":1204407,"date":"2023-11-18T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204407"},"modified":"2023-11-18T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T16:51:57","slug":"nothing-pulls-its-imessage-compatible-chats-app-amid-widespread-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204407","title":{"rendered":"Nothing pulls its iMessage-compatible Chats app amid widespread privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing has pulled the beta for its new messaging app, Nothing Chats, from the Play Store just a day after its release, and says it\u2019s delaying the launch \u201cuntil further notice.\u201d The company touted <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nothing-phone-2-is-getting-imessage-support-this-friday--with-some-catches-194655776.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nothing-phone-2-is-getting-imessage-support-this-friday--with-some-catches-194655776.html\">the Sunbird-based Nothing Chats<\/a> as the answer to the longstanding \u201cAndroid versus Apple\u201d texting woes, with support for both RCS and iMessage to bridge the gap. But since its announcement, a growing number of critics have voiced concerns over the risks that workarounds like this bring, arguing that Nothing Chats is an inherently less secure messaging option.<\/p>\n<div id=\"b4d81210b74a42b5951b9225e9306e64\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve removed the Nothing Chats beta from the Play Store and will be delaying the launch until further notice to work with Sunbird to fix several bugs. <\/p>\n<p>We apologise for the delay and will do right by our users.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nothing (@nothing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nothing\/status\/1725902458189119690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a teardown of the app, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/11\/18\/nothing-chats-sunbird-unencrypted-data-privacy-nightmare\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/11\/18\/nothing-chats-sunbird-unencrypted-data-privacy-nightmare\/\"><em>9to5google<\/em><\/a> pointed out that Nothing Chats does not have end-to-end encryption, and found that attachments sent by other users could easily be accessed in plain text. The findings added support to concerns voiced by others that Sunbird uses HTTP instead of HTTPS. <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KishanBagaria\/status\/1725586252630540555?s=20\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KishanBagaria\/status\/1725586252630540555?s=20\">Kishan Bagaria<\/a>, founder of Texts.com, called it out as \u201cextremely insecure\u201d and said further investigation from his team showed \u201call outgoing texts are being leaked to a sentry server in plaintext.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On X, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nothing\/status\/1725902458189119690?s=20\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nothing\/status\/1725902458189119690?s=20\">Nothing<\/a> didn&#8217;t directly address the privacy issues but said it&#8217;s working with Sunbird to \u201cfix several bugs\u201d and \u201cwill do right by our users.\u201d Nothing Chats was announced on November 14, and the beta hit the Play Store on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nothing-pulls-its-imessage-compatible-chats-app-amid-widespread-privacy-concerns-165157058.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nothing-pulls-its-imessage-compatible-chats-app-amid-widespread-privacy-concerns-165157058.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nothing pulls its iMessage-compatible Chats app amid widespread privacy concerns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing has pulled the beta for its new messaging app, Nothing Chats, from the Play Store just a day after its release, and says it\u2019s delaying the launch \u201cuntil further notice.\u201d The company touted the Sunbird-based Nothing Chats as the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204407\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1204407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1204407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1204407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1204407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1204407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}