Jack Doursey says his new bitchat app “has been tested for safety

Sunday, Block CEYO and Twitter Co-Funier Jack Dhersey Launch an open source chat application called Bitchat, Promise to bring “seat” and “private” message without a centralized infrastructure.

The app relies on Bluetooth and final encryption at the end, the controls of traditional prices that is based on the Internet. To be decentrated, Bitchat has a potential to be a security app in high risk environments where the internet is monitored. According to Dorsey White paper Deting the Protocols of the Privacy App and Privacy Michanism, Bitchat System Design “Priority” security.

But the statement that the app is safe, however already to face it by the researchers of securian, given that the app and code have not been revised or tried for security problems.

Since launch, dorsey has added a notice The Bitchat’s Github page: “This software has not received external security review and may not meet their inaccurate security goals. You do not find their security.”

This notice also appears in the main page of the bitchat, but had no there at a time the tender app.

The part of Wednesday, Dorsey added: “I work in progress,” Next to the warning on GitHub.

This last disclaimer has come after Alex Rodoca Security found that is possible impersonate to someone else and joke a person’s contacts in thinking about legitimate contact Since the researcher explained in a post blog. I am

The rodocais system has authentication authentication / verification of authentication authentication to a “identity key” and “E essentially a digital connection between the two people using the app. Bitchat call these “favorites” and marks with a star icon. The target of this feature is to allow both bitchat users to interact, knowing that they speak to the same person you were talking before.

Dorsey did not answer Techcrunch’s question for the comment send to their block email address.

Monday, Rwocea predicted a ticket on the Goutub project to ask the security defect that has discovered in the Bitchat Bitchat System. Shortly after, Dorsey marked as “started, without comments. (Dorsey Re-open the ticket Wednesday, saying that security issues can be reported by posting on GitHub directly.)

Another person reported Concerns with Dorsey claims that Bitchat has “forward presentation,” a cryptation technique that assures a critten key, that the attachment cannot be destroyed the messages.

Someone too signed up A potential bugs of more potential, that is a common type of security vulnerability where a device can make a device to disappear to other places, open the door for a compromise of data.

Radocea notified that bitchat users should not trust the app.

“Security is a great deal of function to go to the vale’s choice, as, the identity keys, would be a very obvious thing to try out something:” Radocea said. “There are people out there that take the messenger around literally and you could display on their safety, so the project in his current state could be in danger.”

With reference to his and other results of others, raving criticated the notice of dorsey that bitchat has been tested for safety.

“I would have discuss the external security review, and it doesn’t look good,” he said.