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With 19 EU member states backing it, the Chat Control proposal could mandate pre-encryption message scanning on apps like WhatsApp and Signal by October.
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Messaging apps or chat applications are platforms that enable the exchange of messages. Most messaging apps were originally social networking platforms, but they have vastly increased their functions over time. Today, messaging apps also enable chatbots, smart replies, voice and video calls, payments and conversational commerce. Messaging apps are the most popular software for smartphones today. However, even encrypted-messaging apps’ architectures make those applications centralized, with a place for censorship and the possibility of deleting data. Blockchain-based p2p messaging apps may become the new generation of messaging apps, with advanced security and reduced opportunities for censorship. Decentralized messaging apps are currently designed on several major blockchain platforms and have their own startups and ICOs too.
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As of Wednesday, at least 11 IP addresses have actively tried to exploit the vulnerability, with thousands more addresses possibly doing reconnaissance work.
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Unlike traditional messaging apps that rely on internet infrastructure, Bitchat operates on direct device-to-device communication.
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Block CEO Jack Dorsey has released a white paper and launched a beta for Bitchat, a decentralized messaging app using Bluetooth mesh networks for internet-free, encrypted communication.
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Despite coming under fire for integrating MobileCoin payments in 2021, Signal continues to support it as the only in-app payment option, according to its website.
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LY Corporation denied reports that its Line Next blockchain venture had established a business partnership with Sony’s Ethereum layer 2.
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Telegram will exclusively support Toncoin and the TON network for its apps and services following a new partnership.
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Several Apple users complained about having to join a waitlist before accessing Apple’s new AI features.
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RedStone's integration with TON will introduce real-time asset prices, aiming to enhance DeFi, GameFi, and social applications.
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Messaging app Line is set to get “mini DApps” with the launch of Kaia’s mainnet, following the likes of rival Telegram, which launched a similar feature in 2023.
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The Open Network is back online again after the demand for a new memecoin called DOGS caused the network to go down twice in 36 hours.
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It remains unclear if Durov has been officially arrested or charged.
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Recognizing the potential of Mini Apps, X10 is also working on a Telegram-based crypto trading application that could help the industry reach the first billion crypto holders.
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EU legislators have dropped plans to scan messaging apps, but privacy advocates can’t celebrate just yet.
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The Chat Control law is aimed at combating child exploitation material, but Meredith Whittaker said it’s just the latest proposed tactic to undermine encryption.
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