BitTorrent’s not just a way to torrent anymore.
Released a couple years ago, BitTorrent Sync proved itself to be a great way to keep your files synced between machines without trusting a service like Dropbox with your data.
And now? BitTorrent Bleep, a serverless chat app, is here to show you you can do without Snapchat or iMessage.
Here’s how it works. Like a chat room from the old days of the Internet, with Bleep, all you do is pick a username, and then anyone else with the app on any platform can securely message you.
Supplying a phone number or email address? It’s optional, and only to help people figure out your username, which you can also share as a secure Bleep key.
BitTorrent Bleep also has Snapchat-like functionality. You can set any message you like as a Whisper, which is a disappearing message.
The big appeal of Bleep is its security. It doesn’t collect metadata on your or store your information in the cloud. It runs in a distributed network, just like BitTorrent does. That makes it secure.
Bleep is now available for iOS. It’s also available for PC, Mac and Android.
Download Bleep here.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
