BitTorrent Bleep brings encrypted messaging to multiple platforms

First announced as an pre-alpha last year, BitTorrent's encrypted messaging system is finally ready for prime time. The latest release "solve[s] serverless peer-to-peer messaging," according to the official BitTorrent blog. It wraps text, images, and voice calls in a comforting layer of encryption that's hopefully free of NSA influence.

There are no servers to compromise; all messages and encryption keys are stored locally instead of in ...