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Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't experience that hostility tbh. Maybe because I'm not a teenager? People I know are split about 50/50.

I'm also in hcol area in USA so iphone isn't really a status symbol. Everyone can afford an iPhone, they just treat phones as tools so they get whatever works best for them.

[โ€“] Pika 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I agree with the teenager thing, my sister is in highschool and she thinks apple is the world cause she's concidered uncool in group for having an iPhone 12

Me being 10 years older I thankfully missed that "life revolves around the brand" train but, it's still relevant during family gathering because they don't wanna use my s20+'s camera for pictures preferring to use an iPhone then struggle to share images with everyone