--- title: "Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag" description: "Twitter co-founder and erstwhile CEO Jack Dorsey has started yet another new app — and this one's got an embarrassing secret." date: "2025-07-12" modified: "2025-07-12" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/jack-dorsey-new-app-snag" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "jack dorsey" - "messaging" - "open source" - "security" --- # Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag ![Twitter co-founder and erstwhile CEO Jack Dorsey has started yet another new app — and this one's got an embarrassing secret.]() *\Image: Drew Angerer / Getty / Futurism\* Serial entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, who [cofounded Twitter](), [Block](), and [Bluesky](), has started yet another new app — and this one's got an embarrassing secret. As [*TechCrunch* reports](), Dorsey's new open source messaging app, Bitchat, is [supposed to be]() decentralized, private, and secure. There's only one problem: the Bluetooth-based app, by the venture's admission, is probably lacking in that key regard. "This software has not received external security review and may contain vulnerabilities and does not necessarily meet its stated security goals," the [Bitchat GitHub reads](). "Do not use it for production use, and do not rely on its security whatsoever until it has been reviewed." That warning, *TechCrunch* notes, only appeared after the app was launched — and after security researchers were able to spoof other peoples' accounts on Bitchat. In a [recent blog post](), coder Alex Radocea explained that he was able to impersonate other users on the app because of its "broken identity authentication/verification" — a "completely avoidable" issue had Bitchat's creators just done a bit more legwork on building out the security protocols. After discovering that vulnerability, Radocea filed a GitHub ticket asking how to flag the problem, only for Dorsey to mark it as "completed" without responding. A few days later, the former Twitter CEO [reopened the ticket]() and told the security researcher to flag such issues by posting directly onto GitHub, *TechCrunch* notes. In the aftermath of that exchange, Radocea is cautioning potential users not to trust Bitchat's security-forward claims just yet — especially given that [others have found]() [unique vulnerabilities]() of their own. "Security is a great feature to have for going viral," he told *TechCrunch*. "But a basic sanity check... would be a very obvious thing to test when building something like this." "There are people out there that would take the messaging around security literally and could rely on it for their safety," Radocea continued, "so the project in its current state could endanger them." Though Bitchat claims in its new disclaimer that it still lacks external review, Radocea countered that it has — albeit informally. "I’d argue it has received external security review," he quipped, "and it’s not looking good." **More on app security:** [*People Don't Realize Meta's AI App Is Publicly Blasting Their Humiliating Secrets to the World*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()