BitTorrent, Inc. is developing a serverless instant messaging system that relies on public key encryption to protect the privacy of communications, identifying users not with traditional usernames but ...

Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, with occasional forays into tech and pop culture. Formerly a CNET Reviews senior editor for software, he has written about ...

BitTorrent is publishing a blog post with more details about its in-development chat product, which it announced in September with the stated goal of ensuring “that your messages stay yours: private, ...

BitTorrent has just announced its latest project: A private chat platform that runs on secure, distributed computers. BitTorrent Chat is a “pre-Alpha experiment in server-less messaging” from the ...

BitTorrent today updated two products: its file synchronization tool Sync and its encrypted P2P chat app Bleep. The former's version 2.0 is now in private alpha while the latter has received true ...

BitTorrent, the company, continues its push to prove that the BitTorrent, the protocol , isn’t just for online piracy anymore. The company’s latest product tease is a new instant messaging service ...

File-sharing company BitTorrent is at work on a chat product that makes use of a number of security techniques that effectively render it invisible to anyone trying to eavesdrop on your conversations.

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BitTorrent has kind of a bad reputation, even if they don’t deserve it. They invented the BitTorrent protocol, which can be used for downloading movies and music, and has wreaked havoc on every ...

BitTorrent today released an internal alpha of its server-less chat app. The company says a private alpha launch is still “right around the corner,” but it decided to share some details about its ...

In the age where nothing is ever truly erased from the internet, BitTorrent's decentralized chat platform, Bleep, is a welcome service. BitTorrent's Bleep aims to create messages out of the hands of ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. BitTorrent ...