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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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[-] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think there is an importance nuance: it's not that most people don't care about privacy, it's that they don't realize that they in fact do.

If they ever get bitten in the ass caused by privacy issues, they are likely to share their outrage, justifiably. But yeah, most people don't realize how important privacy is or what a lack of privacy actually implies...

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