Bleep For iOS – The Private Way To Chat

BitTorrent has officially updated and launched Bleep. This is their first secure messaging service and it is a P2P Messaging App with end-to-end encryption. It is available for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows platforms and we are so excited to share it with you. All the messages are encrypted and operated through a direct peer-to-peer connection. This means that no conversations are stored in the cloud.

Bleep was first seen back in July last year when BitTorrent released the messaging app as an invite only pre-alpha, before going public with experimental builds for Android and Mac in September of last year. What has kept fans interested is that fact that this app isn’t interested in your personal information. You don’t need it to set up an account and all you have to do is pick a nickname. You can also find users using specific Bleep keys.

The end-to-end encryption and no cloud storage make Bleep one of the very rare secure messaging apps that are out there. You don’t have to worry about leaks or snoops. On the features front, Bleep offers Whispers, which is similar to snapchat, in that your text or pictures that you have sent to a user will disappear after they have been read/seen. You do get the choice of whether to use standard messaging or Whispers so if you want to store the messages or pictures on your device you can. With that being said, there is no way to avoid the screen grab for now but Whispers is going to resist it somewhat by blurring nicknames and texts.

Bleep also offers the ability to make calls over the internet which will also be encrypted. There are only some services that offer end-to-end encryption including iMessage and Blackberry messenger. With these however, your conversations are still stored in the cloud so if you want something completely private, Bleep could be the thing for you.

At the moment you can only have Bleep on one device per user but multi-device support is said to be coming in the next update and you will be able to sync your messages across all connected devices. Bleep is free to use and is available right now in the App store. You can also check out the video below for more information.