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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 xniclb »

batuhanicoz wrote: post #47
lrvick wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by Rebelgecko »

yellow_lead wrote: post #9

I've been on the wait-list for at least a year I think? "Open beta test" plus a wait-list is quite weird.

I was on the wait list for a while too (I think my place in the waitlist even went backwards) and someone from HN wat nice enough to hook me up with an invite.

I'm happy to pay it forward, the only caveat is that I think the referral code has to be sent via a chat method that beeper supports. Feel free to email me (HN username @ big G's mail service) with a GChat/WhatsApp/SMS address.

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by ajsnigrutin »

ChainOfFools wrote: post #45
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…

Is there a good way to get google chat/hangouts/whateveritscallednow into pidgin? It used to support xmpp, but it doesn't anymore :/

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by flancian »

I've been an early access user for a few months and I'm really enjoying Beeper -- I hope they continue to deliver like this and can scale the operations as needed.

I currently use through it: Telegram, WhatsApp, RCS (Android Messages), Signal.

Beeper is built on Matrix and their client is based on Element but I would say the experience is slightly better than native; for example I prefer how client verification works in Beeper over vanilla Element.

Congrats on the open beta!

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by notso411 »

zufallsheld wrote: post #60
erohead wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

What I'd really like to do (and the poster you responded to) is to connect your app to my own self-hosted matrix-server.

Genuine question. Why do you do this?

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by wkat4242 »

septic-liqueur wrote: post #59
arcastroe wrote: post #30

I want to try it, but I don't want to become dependent on it if it will transition to a paid product in the future (It's cool, but I probably wouldn't pay for it). How long will it remain free to use?

I would gladly pay a few bucks a month for such product. It solves a real problem

Beeper is already a paid product at $10 per month, see beeper.com

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by wkat4242 »

erohead wrote: post #44
mcsniff wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

One thing that would make beeper better than other options (eg self hosted matrix) would be the ability to combine multiple accounts from each service. I have multiple telegram, WhatsApp and discord accounts.

Re: New Beeper Android app – Open beta test

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Post by thatloststudent »

wkat4242 wrote: post #67
septic-liqueur wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would gladly pay a few bucks a month for such product. It solves a real problem

Beeper is already a paid product at $10 per month, see beeper.com

Used to be that way, they decided to give it out for free for the time being. [1]

[1] - https://blog.beeper.com/p/beeper-is-now-free

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