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calle 5mo ago

Germ brings end-to-end messaging to Bluesky. It's a messenger based on MLS encryption (like nostr:nprofile1qqs8t4ehcdrjgugzn3zgw6enp53gg2y2gfmekkg69m2d4gwxcpl04acpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsp4ll8s for Nostr). Germ is a separate company and has their own app separate from the BlueSky app. Unclear if this is a partnership or "just" and integration.

Interesting: in the BlueSky iOS app, pressing a Germ link in someone's bio doesn't download the Germ app but opens an "App Clip" which is a light version of the app that doesn't need you to install the whole app. I believe that Android also has this (unterutulised) feature.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/germ-brings-end-to-end-encrypted-messages-to-bluesky/

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7fqx 5mo ago

Not sure about the rest of the world, but in the UK you need to pass Age Verification to use Bluesky DMs. 8 assume this will apply to this too, not sure.

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calle 5mo ago

incredible

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inpc 5mo ago

Don't worry!

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7fqx 5mo ago

I don't want to message anyone anyway 😤

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Beerborn 5mo ago

Just download Bitch@ then 😂

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jack 5mo ago

You can easily bypass this with a VPN, or any third party Bluesky client though, not difficult.

The devs purposefully made it this way.

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rabble 5mo ago

They’re friendly but Germ works without permission from the Bluesky company as far as I know. The PDS has the ability to sign content with arbitrary keys now I think. And that’s how Germ does it. I haven’t looked at the details in a couple of months so things might have changed.

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n 5mo ago

I registered for the Android waiting list yesterday.