BitTorrent Rolls Out Bleep, Its Super Private, Cloud-Free Messaging App

With no central server or personal details needed, Bleep is the peer-to-peer tech company's answer to chat app privacy concerns.

Snapchat and other ephemeral chat apps might delete messages from your phone after they're read, but as with other texting and messaging apps, that data is still sent through and stored on a central server that's vulnerable to anything servers are vulnerable to. BitTorrent, the company best known for its peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol, says it has the answer to messaging privacy concerns: Bleep, a new chat app that doesn't need to use the cloud or collect personal information to send messages to friends.

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