All messages are end to end encrypted. Also you don’t need an Apple account and it connects directly to Apple servers.

  • @[email protected]
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    435 months ago

    Their “how it works” blog article is worth a read - they’re using a blackbox reverse engineering of the protocol and re-implementing it natively in the app, so there are no man-in-the-middle servers. Impressive software engineering for sure.

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      125 months ago

      For sure very interesting! And its open source and you can run it in your computer if you have the knowledge.

      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        Yup, the PyPush python-based proof-of-concept can run pretty much anywhere there’s python.

    • Bri Guy
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      65 months ago

      huh, interesting. so from a security perspective is there any other concern with this protocol? at least they’re not using a mac relay server like Nothing Chats was

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    205 months ago

    The first thing it asks you for when you open the app is a Google login. That’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.

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    195 months ago

    I’m not American and I don’t see how having iMessage on Android is worth the $2 monthly.

    In my whole life I never knew a single person that was reachable only on iMessage or that was so stubborn to ignore messages on any other platform

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      75 months ago

      Yeah but that’s how it is here in America , I love my Android and will never change so I guess I am stubborn too.

  • TGHOST-V0
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    A lot of work, data scrapping and security issue just for a pin ?

    Seriously ?

    What the point, except to simulate the possession of an iPhone to someone who should be a stranger for you or at least physically far from you ?

    I clearly don’t get it.

    Scam interest after a sim swapping attacks ? The goal, need to know it !!

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      25 months ago

      iMessage is pretty great to use honestly. Supports encryption, Tapbacks, read receipts, sharing any file type (not just pictures and video). RCS isn’t implemented in iOS yet and on launch won’t support encryption (supposedly Google is working to add it to the RCS standard, not just Google’s fork, now that Apple announced future support for the standard).