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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Saqib Shah

Messaging apps Nothing Chats and Sunbird shut over privacy concerns

An app designed to allow Android users to seamlessly message iPhone owners has been withdrawn by its developer.

Sunbird pulled its eponymous software from the Google Play Store after privacy issues were raised this week. The company has been notifying users that it is pausing usage of the app while it investigates “security concerns”, as spotted by tech news site 9to5Google.

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