Nothing Chats iMessage bridge was astoundingly insecure
appleinsider.com
Nothing and Sunbird pulled the shockingly insecure iMessage bridge, but only after it was discovered that not only did Sunbird log and retain messages, vCards, and more, but that retained user data could also be downloaded by others.
  • Will0w536@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Jeez, what a week of headlines. I swear it started as Nothing will unveil iMessage for Android. Then shifted to Apple with adopt RCS. The Nothings BlueMessage getting taken down from the play store…to today it is getting killed entirely. This has got to be the shortest lifespan of a product for Android from initial public announcement to death blow.

  • DvnEm@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Sorry, so the privacy concerns turned out to be WORSE than YouTubers had mentioned.

    Jfc wow.

  • iphone4Suser@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Why is every company a wannbe apple? Nothing was looking promising in carving their niche audience but alas.

  • microChasm@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Nothing didn’t do the development (Sunburst did), the problem is they didn’t do any due diligence before putting their name on it.

    I just have to say this is a good reason Google is whining about iMessage.

    1. ⁠They can’t access any of the iMessage data
    2. ⁠A majority of their users are primarily using free phones from C level manufacturers which cause security and crap experiences
    3. ⁠Wireless carriers shoulder the burden of support for those devices and could care less
    4. ⁠Google has tried and failed multiple times to offer a messaging app or service that sticks around. They can’t stay committed to one messaging app or service because their people don’t care. All they care about is a win when annual reviews come around.
  • philliphatchii@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This was always a bad idea for any user to actually use. Always sounded like it was prone to be opening up your wallet so a third party could look inside to see what you have.

  • youlinter@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    To surprise of no one, but at least Carl didn’t kill it before Apple announced the big iMassage changes. I know Apple would‘ve anyway, but who-knows-when. So maybe it wasn’t all for nothing^™