{"id":262055,"date":"2023-11-21T04:33:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=316405"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:37:08","slug":"serious-privacy-flaws-are-detected-in-the-nothing-chats-messaging-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/serious-privacy-flaws-are-detected-in-the-nothing-chats-messaging-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious privacy flaws have been detected in the messaging app Nothing Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nothing Chats<\/strong>, the messaging app that aimed to <strong>enhance Android compatibility with iMessage services<\/strong>, isn&#8217;t faring as well as expected. In terms of privacy, <strong>serious issues<\/strong> have been detected, issues that many other instant messaging services have resolved years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Privacy stands as a fundamental aspect of present-day messaging<\/strong>. As detected in Nothing Chats, this service fails to meet the privacy standards upheld by virtually all major chat services today. Therefore, <strong>users should be aware of the risks involved<\/strong> if they opt to use this service regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6b5a0468-96d1-11e6-bfc6-00163ec9f5fa\/2095394417\/whatsapp-logo\" alt=\"WhatsApp Messenger\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp Messenger<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unencrypted messages in Nothing Chats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most notable advancements in privacy in recent years in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-is-going-for-discord-this-will-be-the-new-group-voice-chats-in-the-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">services like WhatsApp<\/a> or Telegram was the implementation of <strong>end-to-end message encryption<\/strong>. What does that mean? Well, the message you send through one of these systems is encrypted before being sent, preventing interceptions from exposing your messages. This message <strong>remains encrypted until it reaches the recipient&#8217;s device<\/strong>, meaning the person you intended to send that message to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue with Nothing Chats not encrypting its messages essentially means that anyone with access to your internet network could <strong>expose the content of the messages<\/strong> you send through this app&#8217;s servers. Additionally, if Nothing Chats were to suffer a cyber attack and information were stolen from its servers, <strong>the privacy of your messages would be seriously compromised<\/strong>. Moreover, they also store messages in their database without encryption, <strong>essentially leaving a bag of treats in plain sight for any hacker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">nothing chats app (skinned sunbird) is an absolute privacy nightmare that sends\/stores ALL data unencrypted on firebase<br><br>and for whatever reason it also sends ALL messages and attachments to sentry (again, in plain text) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CxBS7TZwCl\">pic.twitter.com\/CxBS7TZwCl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; wukko (@uwukko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uwukko\/status\/1725722207018471676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secure messaging in other services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The security of the messages you send will be well protected if you use <strong>applications like WhatsApp or Telegram<\/strong>, as they have had these privacy tools active for many years. <strong>Nothing Chats will need to solve these serious security issues<\/strong> because its users&#8217; information is completely exposed to any cyber attack. Meanwhile, it&#8217;s difficult to recommend a service that <strong>jeopardizes the security of its users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, <strong>Nothing has decided<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/11\/18\/nothing-chats-sunbird-unencrypted-data-privacy-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">remove the Nothing Chats application from the Play Store<\/a>, so users who haven&#8217;t downloaded it <strong>won&#8217;t have to worry about accidentally downloading it<\/strong>. Also, if you have the app downloaded, it&#8217;s advisable to uninstall it until its security <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-introduces-an-important-security-and-privacy-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">is brought in line with current standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6b5a0468-96d1-11e6-bfc6-00163ec9f5fa\/2095394417\/whatsapp-logo\" alt=\"WhatsApp Messenger\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp Messenger<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing Chats, the messaging app that aimed to enhance Android compatibility with iMessage services, isn&#8217;t faring as well as expected. In terms of privacy, serious issues have been detected, issues that many other instant messaging services have resolved years ago. Privacy stands as a fundamental aspect of present-day messaging. As detected in Nothing Chats, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/serious-privacy-flaws-are-detected-in-the-nothing-chats-messaging-app\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Serious privacy flaws have been detected in the messaging app Nothing Chats&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9285,"featured_media":262057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5432],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-262055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nothing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316296,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262055\/revisions\/316296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262055"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=262055"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=262055"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=262055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}