Posts Tagged: Chat

Why do we need another chat application? It’s a legitimate question. Even better: What can BitTorrent offer that isn’t already available? Well, let’s take a look at this category. Messaging and voice applications currently available all rely on central servers. These central repositories of metadata are the target of choice for snooping government agencies and…

BitTorrent’s Jaehee Lee offers insight into the development of BitTorrent’s new chat application, focused on how we are addressing the various needs of privacy. We’ve just released an internal Alpha and wanted to share some of the key learnings from our development process. When our product and engineering teams sat down for our initial brainstorming…