Nothing Chats App Removed from Google Play and Play Store Due to Privacy Concerns
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Verge
Nothing has pulled its messaging app, Nothing Chats, from the Google Play store due to privacy concerns. The app, which promised iMessage compatibility, required users to allow Sunbird access to their iCloud accounts. However, it was discovered that messages sent through Sunbird's system were not end-to-end encrypted and could be compromised. Sunbird's solution involved decrypting and transmitting messages using HTTP to a Firebase server, storing them in unencrypted plain text. Sunbird claimed that HTTP was only used for the initial iMessage connection, but Texts.com's blog revealed that an attacker could access messages before or at the moment they were read. Nothing has not yet responded to requests for comment.