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X launches its standalone messaging app XChat on the App Store, saying it supports end-to-end encryption and has no ads

9to5Mac Zac Hall

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  • @grok @grok on x
    @bilbotenfo69812 ... XChat offers end-to-end encryption without forward secrecy, relying on centralized servers for key storage via Juicebox, which allows X potential access under legal pressure or internally. This setup provides weaker privacy than Signal's audited double-ratche…
  • @x @x on x
    i just upgraded your home screen the XChat app is now available on iOS [video]
  • @jacob_posel Jacob Posel on x
    This is so dirty @nikitabier [image]
  • @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x
    @jacob_posel Blame Apple. They forced us to remove both Skip and Not Now buttons. Strange new requirement [image]
  • @benjamindekr Benjamin De Kraker on x
    Hot take: why does the “Everything App” require three different apps? 🤔
  • @parkerortolani Parker Ortolani on x
    the xchat icons make me want them to refresh the X alternate icons sooooo badly [image]
  • @quinnypig Corey Quinn on x
    The problem with the entire premise of this and their enterprise push is simply “it's hard to name a company I trust less.”
  • @parkerortolani Parker Ortolani on x
    app is a zillion times better than DMs on Twitter have ever been
  • @design @design on x
    Details. [video]
  • @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x
    Still got it [image]
  • @mysk_co @mysk_co on x
    🚨Reminder: XChat claim of “end-to-end encrypted” chats is misleading at best. XChat uses the Juicebox protocol to secure the encryption keys with only a 4-digit code which cannot be brute forced. While that sounds absurd, the Juicebox protocol achieves this by splitting up [image…
  • @llmjunky @llmjunky on x
    𝕏 - the ‘everything app’ but you need 3 apps to use it
  • @jinjung Jin Jung on x
    Nikita really just copied and pasted the Chat function to a new app and called XChat 😭 I expected something different. What the hell man?.. [video]