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Bitchat hit with CIA funding claims as Bluetooth metadata concerns mount

  • —Bitchat ranked No. 1 in France's App Store social category on Oct. 22
  • —HRF granted OpenSats $250,000 in February 2025 and $116,000 in January 2026
  • —OpenSats has funded developer Calle since June 21, 2024, before Bitchat existed
  • —Peer ID Rotation fix is not fully shipped in iOS 1.8.0 released Oct. 23
Why it matters: The episode shows how public crypto grants fuel surveillance accusations, while the real exposure for users is Bluetooth metadata, not the CIA.
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Source: Cryptoast
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