BitTorrent Bleep (Public Alpha release) for Windows, Mac and Android

[Paul.R]

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Our big idea was to apply distributed technology to conversations. That means no servers required. This enables people using Bleep to make a direct, decentralized connection to someone they trust. Bleep offers the freedom to communicate without the risk of metadata being exposed.

Consider Bleep your personal redaction pen controlled by you and only you. Anything you say is Bleep-ed out to us and everyone else for that matter.

This unique approach to communicating will be a great tool for:

• Friends keeping conversations amongst friends
  
  
• Journalists communicating with sources without exposing their identity or their content
  
  
• Members of the diplomatic corps sharing private dispatches
  
  
• Businesses keeping communications confidential, safe from leaks, and safe from industrial espionage
  

Email invitations will start going out today to allow early testers access to our Pre-Alpha build of Bleep for the Windows desktop. Here’s what you need to know about the Pre-Alpha version of Bleep:

• It’s Windows 7/8 desktop only (other platforms coming later)
  
  
• It’s Pre-Alpha, so we’re aware of some bugs and are expecting our testers to find some more
  
  
• Users can sign-up with email, mobile number, or incognito (unlisted; meaning no account or Personal Identifiable Information is necessary)
  
  
• Testers will be able to invite friends, but those friends will also need to be using Windows desktop (for now)
  
  
• Testers will have the option to import their Google address book locally to the application to quickly find friends
  
  
• Text and voice calls can be made to online contacts (no offline messages, yet)
  
  
• The visuals, UI, and exposed features are still evolving; what is in the Pre-Alpha is not necessarily final
  
  
• Currently, an account can only be used on a single device/installation and cannot be moved

Source: link

 

[Oxygen]

I signed up earlier & waiting for invite.

 

[Ink]

Thanks, I checked my email for the download. Installing now.

Get Invite: http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/bleep/index.html

Download: http://labs.bittorrent.com/bleep/

This software is a part of a closed alpha test. By participating in our alpha testing program,
you will help us improve the feature set and quality of BitTorrent Bleep.

Warning: Pre-Alpha software

 

[Ink]

Some interesting registration options here; Email, Phone or Neither.

 

[Nico@FMA]

Brilliant idea

 

[Ink]

BitTorrent Bleep Alpha Goes Public, Introduces Mac and Android apps
http://blog.bittorrent.com/2014/09/...-goes-public-introduces-mac-and-android-apps/

Warning: Alpha stage.
Download: http://labs.bittorrent.com/bleep
(Windows, Mac and Android)

 

[Surtur]

Sounds interesting and I keep an eye on it.

 

[Ink]

BitTorrent Bleep supports Asynchronous Offline Chat.
http://blog.bittorrent.com/2014/12/22/bleep-now-supports-asynchronous-offline-messaging/

"As we’ve worked to develop Bleep, one of the biggest hurdles in creating our product is solving the problem of offline messaging. Traditionally, asynchronous offline messaging requires that server to store the message until an offline user comes back online. Without a server, there’s no place to store messages, and no honeypot for the third-party. But it also poses a very obvious challenge for asynchronous messaging.

We created a very basic offline messaging system that allows for a user to send a message to someone who is offline, but both users had to be online to receive that message.

No more. Our latest update to Bleep provides asynchronous offline support. Now, the sender and receiver do not have to be online at the same time for messages to be delivered.

...it’s important to note that in this version, we cannot guarantee that an offline message will be delivered, as it will likely not last in the DHT more than a few days."​

Anyone using Bleep?

Edit: It appears that some Antivirus software may detect eula.exe as malware. This is a false positive.