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Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

#81

i have never seen a messenger app made by anyone that was capable of migrating all the existing users and their chats from another platform instantly. the day someone makes this, its gonna get traction by a mile compared to anything else out there. imagine clicking "import from messenger" and boom all users and chats from messenger added and clicking "import from whatsapp", "import from wechat" you get the idea

you should try the app :)

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

#82

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I don't think they use that anymore though? From what I've heard it all happens locally now with a proprietary solution.

Interesting, i'd be curious to learn more. It's been awhile since I looked into Beeper/Texts type apps.

at least from talking to Eric at a meetup, I think some are still on remote implementations. I know texts definitely needs to do the iMessage implementation locally, but they're moving everything client-side, which to me as a thunderbird user, makes the most sense. I just wish we could have something like libpurple again that would allow me to finally get back to the everything-in-one-app paradigm

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

#83
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AI feeding into a "private" database, so after the keylogger sends everything to OpenAI you can have a garbage summary! Or if it uses a local model, enjoy the warmth and sound of your GPU while it consumes all of your system resources for instant messaging on, well, as you put it, three random services but you know he tried Beeper!!!

Our users (including top founders and VCs) usually trust us with the AI features because it saves time and thinking. However, you can turn off the AI features if you're into full privacy. :)

> Our users (including top founders and VCs) usually trust us with the AI features because it saves time and thinking.

I like to think myself, not have AI do it for me ;)

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

#85

Before I would even consider something like this: * Where's your privacy policy? * What/how are you handling the different customer protection laws? What juristictions are you working in? Where's the data hosted? * Where's the design description? * What encryption are you actually using? If you rolled your own, then well.. good luck. * How could you ensure end-to-end encryption over multiple protocols, without either…

- Yep. You can read our privacy policy here: https://dimadolgopolovn.notion.site/Amber-Privacy-Policy-256... - Check out the demo in the original post. - We use native API or reverse-engineer a solution depending on the platform. This approach maintains the security standard as high as the original app. Everything is done locally on your computer.

could you please link to stuff like the demo and the privacy policy on the site? i only found this thread by chance and would have missed it otherwise ^^;

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

#86

"better Beeper" This is a different Beeper. I don't want a personal CRM, I know everyone in my Beeper chats well enough that I don't need a sidebar to prompt me about where they live. Conversely, I need Signal and Facebook Messenger because that's where my loved ones are. However I can absolutely see that some people would want this. CRM for email is a solved problem and many professionals use CRM tools, but it doesn…

Anything is automatically better than Beeper
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