Comment: This is really getting interesting since snowden spilled the beans. Privacy is at a premium and company's are not fighting back to retain their privacy.
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By Alan Buckingham Posted on July 30 2014
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Recent revelations, courtesy of Edward Snowden, have given insight into just how much citizens need to worry about NSA activity, and it was an alarmingly large amount. BitTorrent has been working to mitigate these issues, at least as best as possible, with a Sync app that stores no data that can be accessed, and now a new chat app that will do the same.
The service debuts in private Alpha today, allowing testers to jump on board and get a taste of what it's like to use what is claimed to be a "serverless" version of chat.
BitTorrent points out the inherent need for security these days, stating "with the susceptibility of communications platforms to snooping and hacking, reminders of which seems to surface every week, we realized that we were uniquely qualified to build a better platform and application
beanews/ full read here/ http://betanews.com/2014/07/30/bittorrent-releases-bleep-for-windows-a-closed-alpha-chat-client/
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The following article is a update o BitTorrent Chat Client
Chat has become popular on many platforms, from computers to mobile. But BitTorrent has a client that seems to be changing how this all works, by removing the cloud storage from the equation, making this a bit more secure.
Today its chat client, known as Bleep, becomes available to all users. It's still in alpha form for the time being, but these things are moving forward.
"At the end of July, we offered invite-only access to our first peer-to-peer chat client, Bleep. With thanks to input from the Bleep Alpha test group, our team has been hard at work ironing out kinks. Today we take the next step, making the Bleep Alpha publicly available for any willing tester to try it out. This next stage introduces Bleep apps for Mac and Android will be available today", the organization states.
This is all fully encrypted messages -- BitTorrent promises that your communications are protected. "Users can also easily delete their encrypted message history, leaving no trace of conversation behind".
betanews/ full article here/ http://betanews.com/2014/09/17/bittorrent-bleep-alpha-goes-public-adds-android-and-mac/
(BitTorrent Bleep alpha goes public, adds Android and Mac)
By Alan Buckingham Posted on 9/17/2014Chat has become popular on many platforms, from computers to mobile. But BitTorrent has a client that seems to be changing how this all works, by removing the cloud storage from the equation, making this a bit more secure.
Today its chat client, known as Bleep, becomes available to all users. It's still in alpha form for the time being, but these things are moving forward.
"At the end of July, we offered invite-only access to our first peer-to-peer chat client, Bleep. With thanks to input from the Bleep Alpha test group, our team has been hard at work ironing out kinks. Today we take the next step, making the Bleep Alpha publicly available for any willing tester to try it out. This next stage introduces Bleep apps for Mac and Android will be available today", the organization states.
This is all fully encrypted messages -- BitTorrent promises that your communications are protected. "Users can also easily delete their encrypted message history, leaving no trace of conversation behind".
betanews/ full article here/ http://betanews.com/2014/09/17/bittorrent-bleep-alpha-goes-public-adds-android-and-mac/
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13 May 2015 at 03:57, Simon Sharwood
BitTorrent has released its secure messaging app to world+dog, and given it the name “Bleep”.
Bleep can now be had for iThings, Android, Windows and Mac OS. The app promises server-less, peer-to-peer, text or voice communications. The outfit says “we keep messages and the encryption keys for images stored on your local device, not the cloud”. The apps are said to leave no metadata trail, either.
The new releases add a “whisper” mode that sees messages deleted from all participants devices 25 seconds after they land. There's also a screen-grab defeater that fuzzes participants' names, or the messages.
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BitTorrent has released its secure messaging app to world+dog, and given it the name “Bleep”.
Bleep can now be had for iThings, Android, Windows and Mac OS. The app promises server-less, peer-to-peer, text or voice communications. The outfit says “we keep messages and the encryption keys for images stored on your local device, not the cloud”. The apps are said to leave no metadata trail, either.
The new releases add a “whisper” mode that sees messages deleted from all participants devices 25 seconds after they land. There's also a screen-grab defeater that fuzzes participants' names, or the messages.
full article
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The following article is a update
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by Ananya Sundaray on Friday, May 15, 2015
In the era of communication, instant messaging apps are what making news every day. A new entrant in this world of apps is “Bleep”. It is a fun and easy to use mobile messaging app for iOS released by BitTorrent, in order to keep the user information private.
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BitTorrent, that bought an alpha version of Bleep last September, enables the first non-alpha release to sign up without an account and allowing all the messages to be encrypted with local keys, so that no one has access to the other’s data.
With Bleep, one can chat via text, make free voice calls, or use the newly admitted feature, Whisper.
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BitTorrent releases Bleep for iOS, introduces new feature 'Whisper'.
by Ananya Sundaray on Friday, May 15, 2015
In the era of communication, instant messaging apps are what making news every day. A new entrant in this world of apps is “Bleep”. It is a fun and easy to use mobile messaging app for iOS released by BitTorrent, in order to keep the user information private.
Sponsored Links
BitTorrent, that bought an alpha version of Bleep last September, enables the first non-alpha release to sign up without an account and allowing all the messages to be encrypted with local keys, so that no one has access to the other’s data.
With Bleep, one can chat via text, make free voice calls, or use the newly admitted feature, Whisper.
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