Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

Post by fragmede » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 9:29 AM UTC

rfoo wrote: post #776

HenryBemis wrote: post #525

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If in the data sent across (via Apple servers) the IMEI and serial no of the device are also transmitted, then Apple can in that millisecond query on their various lists/inventories that this device is legit (activated device + IMEI + serial) and if all lights are green, proceed to deliver, otherwise drop it. (perhaps different sets of data can be used, but it must be something that Apple already has, and the user ha…

Do you mean that I now have a nice party trick - DoSing friends iPhone from sending iMessage? :)

Post by worldsavior » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 9:40 AM UTC

Post by PrimeMcFly » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 10:02 AM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #660

rattray wrote: post #642

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I recently paid >$1000 for the privilege of access to iMessage when switching from Android to iPhone. I'd have been _much_ happier staying on my preferred operating system and paying $24/yr. (iMessage has, for me, actually been worth it - but still, I frequently find myself wishing that something like Beeper Mini existed so I could go back to android).

What do you prefer about Android?

Post by Youden » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 10:26 AM UTC

jackjeff wrote: post #759

hansoolo wrote: post #563

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Exactly what I thought

But EU interoperability laws are cancelled out by DMCA (aka EUCD). That’s why reading a DVD with VLC has always been “technically” illegal. If Apple is able to update the protocol in such a way that it requires some kind of signed attestation from the secure enclave (basically a DRM) they’ll get legal protection. Also. Nobody uses iMessage in the EU. It’s all WhatsApp here. Blue bubbles are an American obsession.

Post by droopyEyelids » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 10:30 AM UTC

joecool1029 wrote: post #770

colinsane wrote: post #730

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what does this mean? plenty of 3rd party signal clients exist (flare being a well-known one); signal explicitly factored out a libsignal presumably to _encourage_ this. i’ve run multiple 3rd-party signal clients, even alongside the official apps, and never seen any problems or warnings. [flare]: https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare

>what does this mean? Moxie (Signal's founder) has thrown fits in the past over the existence of third-party clients using their servers: https://github.com/libresignal/libresignal/issues/37#issueco...