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New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by erohead »

mcsniff wrote: post #40
erohead wrote: post #35

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On-device bridging works like this https://blog.beeper.com/p/how-beeper-mini-works . We'll put together a full technical deep dive for the real launch, this is just an open beta. Our signal bridge code is open source: https://github.com/mautrix/signal You don't have to use our hosted bridges, we've made it ridiculously easy to self host: https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager

I really hope it will be possible to configure the Beeper app to use self-hosted bridges vs using a separate Matrix client. Having the features and polish of the first party app, but with a user-controlled backend (like how Bitwarden does it) would be great. BTW, I have a Pebble on my wrist right now :)

That's exactly what our bridge-manager repo allows you to do. Self-host the bridges yourself, use the Beeper client app.

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by ChainOfFools »

ForHackernews wrote: post #21

Interesting! Anyone here remember Pidgin? It was such a fantastic app for chatting with friends on AIM, MSN, ICQ, gchat (XMPP), and IRC all from one interface. It even had an "off the record" (OTR) plugin that was an early example of end-to-end encryption. It was a good illustration of how an open source app could surpass all the proprietary alternatives because it wasn't subject to the same incentives as a commercia…

Remember? Pidgin is still a core piece of infrastructure in our company's managed services platform, and not for lack of interest "upgrading" but because it's just exactly the right tool for the job for certain kinds of internal company messaging, with self-hosted XMPP.

Completely defining your own secure perimeter by self hosting everything possible makes for extremely perfunctory audits by regulatory bodies for the industries (finance, mainly) we support.

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by Rebelgecko »

wnevets wrote: post #2

> On-device iMessage bridge (like Beeper Mini) is not enabled at this time. Wasn't this the reason to use beeper on android?

For me, the killer feature is being able to keep up with my various non-SMS/MMS/RCS conversations (with prompt notifications) without having to install the Facebook app et al

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by batuhanicoz »

lrvick wrote: post #28
anyekwest wrote: post #19

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I use texts.com instead, honestly has worked better for me than beeper

Beeper at least has source code for the bridges, which you can have some hope is the same code that they run and that they don't get court orders to look at the messages. If they ever chose to implement remote attestation for bridges, and you chose to use an open source matrix client to control your local keys, there is at least a potential path for you to prove they can't look at messages so you don't have to trust…

Our code isn't open source but when you are using Texts, you are self-hosting it. It runs completely on your device!

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Post by barrenko »

yoavm wrote: post #39
barrenko wrote: post #29

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This works?

It works great for me. No support for complex things: calls, message requests, and probably a few more. But most days I don't need to open any other app, and when someone asks me which network they can contact I honestly just don't care anymore. They all look exactly the same on my phone.

Cool, anyone got a referral?
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