Oh, you didn‘t know that BitTorrent created its own secure chat client? Don‘t worry, neither did we.
While Bleep had only previously become available as a closed beta, now the news comes that the secure messaging client is moving from open alpha to a release aimed at the general Android and iOS owning public.
As you can imagine given BitTorrent‘s roots, Bleep comes with peer-to-peer messaging. You are able to communicate without your friends being online, though, meaning that no servers are required. This, in theory at least, means that there is no threat of hacking.
Perhaps the biggest new feature is an ephemeral option called “whispers” for evaporating messages. Unlike Snapchat, though, you can choose on a message by message basis which texts or photos you send will evaporate after 25 seconds. You can also send these from a computer, unlike the ghostly competition.
According to Bleep, there‘s protection against screenshotting too. Say a pal captures a particularly sensitive back-and-forth that you’d rather not see the light of day. In that case, usernames are blocked out, but text remains. If they want to reveal who was in on the conversation, only the usernames show and the conversation blurs out.
This seems to be an interesting solution for people who don‘t want to leave a footprint of their online presence online, but will it take hold? Only time will tell.
Source: Bleep
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