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Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by aacid »

servalan wrote: post #20

I've been using Beeper for 3-4 months. I find it very useful, easy to use, and easy to setup. I use both the mobile app and the desktop app.

Same here. I really like it. Don't mind occasional connection issues, but what really irks me is that every message has separate notification. When someone sends me 5 consecutive messages I get 5 beeps. In whatsapp app I only get notification for the first one. So when there is some conversation going in group chat and I don't have time to read it right now I'm getting bombarded with notifications.

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by graphe »

xinayder wrote: post #49
pyrophane wrote: post #18

I'm on the fence about using this. I don't want to switch all my conversations over to iMessage and then have Apple figure out how to ban this. That kind of feels like a recipe for lost messages.

It doesn't help that they want to pursue the exact same approach for the other apps they want to provide service for. They are looking to get banned and completely damage the Matrix/Mautrix bridge ecosystem.

What's the point of matrix integration if not to use it? Gaim/pidgin ended because of changes not because it was too powerful.

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by djbusby »

slig wrote: post #47
szszrk wrote: post #38

OK, took a while to figure out what it is, as I barely know anyone using iphone. Though it's not for me, BUT if they deliver this: > Over time, we will be adding all networks that Beeper supports into Beeper Mini, including SMS/RCS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal, Telegram, Instagram, Twitter, Slack, Discord, Google Chat and Linkedin. We'll also bring Beeper Mini to desktop and iOS. I'm interested, even if it's paid. I'…

Is this some sort of new mobile Adium?

Trillian

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by graphe »

olah_1 wrote: post #31
matchbok wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I give it a week, tops. The next iOS update at the latest.

Right. What is stopping Apple from requiring a valid unique device key with every request now?

Old hardware that doesn't have it. Are they gonna ban my iMac from 2009 that was before iMessage was a thing?

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by Kab1r »

dadoum wrote: post #53

Could it technically work without BPN by fetching messages from iCloud? I know that's a whole another story (another tricky protocol to reverse) but it will make it one step closer to perfection imo.

There is an option in the app to disable push, which I assume is disabling the BPN connection

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by matsz »

Great job! Just from taking a quick look at this, what you have here is much bigger than iMessage itself.

This could literally allow things like Universal Clipboard to work on Linux and Windows - by using the method presented here to access the iCloud Keychain and generating Continuity keys and placing them there - then the iPhone will broadcast its clipboard data encrypted with those keys via BLE. If I understand all of this correctly.

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by lotsofpulp »

paul7986 wrote: post #37

Isnt Apple adopting RCS and won't that solve the green / blue bubble issue? Personally if it's a business / marketing advantage unless their hand is forced for business reasons they should never change it.

Green/blue bubble is about the prior probabilities people use to make assumptions about others. E.g., if you use Android/iPhone, there is a prior probability of x% of being y type of person.

WhatsApp/Signal have been available for a long time for anyone that has wanted group chats with modern capabilities.

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