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
    2·
    1 year 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
    2·
    1 year ago

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

    Jfc wow.

    • Un111KnoWn@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      that’s the neat part. you can’t.

      i thought nothing was a regular word and not the phone company at first lol

    • dramafan1@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      My hindsight bias was like someone would have developed something like this earlier and failed so this new initiative may have the same fate…and it did.

    • Leather_Dragonfly529@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have to share this every time I see Nothing Phone posted. Reddit’s Spez is the biggest investor. Do you trust him with your cell phone? He’s second to only Google Ventures. I’m not interested in giving that man any more money than the ad revenue I generate on Reddit.

  • peduxe@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Nothing just did this to look like they were responsible for Apple changing their stance on RCS. They moved according to the deadline the Digital Markets Act imposed.

    End of the day be it bad or good publicity they got what they wanted.

    • texxelate@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m a software eng, and nah, no way. Sheer incompetence. Don’t give them credit where none is due

    • PeaceBull@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If that’s what they were going for than their marketing should’ve been “but we wouldn’t have to do this if you’d just support RCS…”

  • pk-pk-pk@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I just don’t get the fascination from android users wanting iMessage. Use whatsapp or signal etc to get through to your apple friends or sms failing that. If you really want that blue bubble just save up for an iPhone.