---
id: 1377
title: "Building secure messaging is hard: A nuanced take on the Bitchat security debate"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/18/building-secure-messaging-is-hard-a-nuanced-take-on-the-bitchat-security-debate/"
published_at: "2025-07-18 11:00"
tags: ["cryptography", "vulnerability-analysis", "trail-of-bits", "bitchat", "secure-messaging", "e2ee"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1377"
lang: en
---

# Building secure messaging is hard: A nuanced take on the Bitchat security debate

## Summary

A nuanced take on Bitchat: the MitM and weak forward-secrecy flaws researchers found are real and serious, but both the praise and the criticism surrounding the Bluetooth E2EE app miss important nuance.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2025-07-18 11:00
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/18/building-secure-messaging-is-hard-a-nuanced-take-on-the-bitchat-security-debate/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1377