“Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number

Posted by e_daigle 12/15/2025

“Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number(ericdaigle.ca)

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higginsniggins 12/15/2025|

When you go the website the first line is literally “Say hello to Freedom Chat—a next-generation messaging app that keeps your conversations actually private

Bengalilol 12/15/2025|

... and then you encounter things like "Privacy’s been lost. We’re here to take it back." or "World-class security".

It looks like "Freedom" is a sure thing.

Havoc 12/15/2025||

When something is "super secure" you know it's full of holes. It's right up there with "impossible to hack" and "military grade" aka lowest cost bidder.

lesuorac 12/15/2025||

And "complies with all applicable laws"; as-in we're operating at the lowest possible standard we can.

maqp 12/15/2025|||

Yup. As the guy who put together the most secure FOSS messaging system*, it's not "impossible to hack". It's a caveat ridden, inconvenient to use, tedious to setup, hardware-isolated, multinode application, with long must-read documentation, and that requires experience with electronics and soldering.

* github.com/maqp/tfc

hamdingers 12/15/2025|||

Unsinkable

shreddit 12/15/2025||

At least the Hindenburg was iceberg proof

https://xkcd.com/2350/

hbarka 12/15/2025||

“We’re clear on OpSec.”

jakeydus 12/15/2025||

Obligatory Colin Jost Pete Hegseth warrior ethos post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZb1WO1_lGI

LordGrey 12/15/2025||

> Screenshots aren’t really crucial to anything being discussed here, but I like to provide only the best blog posts to my tens of readers ....

A sentence clipped from a point a little past the introduction, but catchy nevertheless.

I suspect there will be more than "tens of readers" shortly.

nielsbot 12/15/2025||

> Neither of us had prior experience developing mobile apps, but we thought, “Hey, we’re both smart. This shouldn’t be too difficult.”

Is this an actual quote? Because it sounds like a standup joke.

TZubiri 12/15/2025||

For every conscientious hacker that tries to do everything right and have a secure and reliable app. There's ten naïve hackers that just publish whatever.

sneak 12/15/2025||

This is the same thing that sent weev to jail when he and JB did it against AT&T to determine the email addresses (instead of PINs) of every iPad 3G user.

netfortius 12/15/2025||

Why in the world would any sane person utilize such an app, knowing what kind of people will be "at the other end" of communication, and what topics would be discussed, even if the most secure piece of software ever developed?

the_gipsy 12/15/2025|

The president of the USA is on the equivalent alternative to Twitter.

nunez 12/15/2025||

Wow; that's a 101-level exploit.

fn-mote 12/16/2025|

I’m glad “super secure” is in scare quotes.

I’m glad I have never heard of this app.

Security and trust go hand in hand.

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