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Re: Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway

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Post by aclimatt »

It looks like this opens a copy of WhatsApp Web and instruments it as its client. And it uses compiled class names like `._2EZ_m` to interact with the DOM. Unless I'm missing something, this will probably break weekly or every time they release a new build of the frontend. Not sure if there's a better way?

Re: Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway

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Post by _8j50 »

coldsauce wrote: post #2

why hasn't there been anything like this for iMessage? or any 3rd party applications at all, really.

A Signal gateway would be nice but an irc gateway to a e2e secure platform might constitute a reduction of security for all involved parties.

There are jabber and slack gateways.

In practicality,I would like to see a gitter to IRC gateway,because of foss projects usage of both platforms.

Re: Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway

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Post by wongarsu »

yzb wrote: post #3
coldsauce wrote: post #2

why hasn't there been anything like this for iMessage? or any 3rd party applications at all, really.

Is iMessage even a thing outside the US? Everybody in Europe uses WA or Messenger, at least

The iPhone has about a 56% market share in the US, compared to a 26% market share in Europe (with the UK being the outsider with 52% market share).

That makes a huge difference: in Europe it's very unlikely that everyone out of any group of friends has an iPhone, making Whatsapp, Telegram etc the goto solutions for group messages.

Apple is also huge in Japan, but I don't know what kind of chat apps are used there.

Re: Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway

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Post by beagle3 »

benmarten wrote: post #4
coldsauce wrote: post #2

why hasn't there been anything like this for iMessage? or any 3rd party applications at all, really.

because iMessage is closed api by apple. and they likely will prohibit any interference with their api...

WhatsApp is as closed and guarded (even though better documented through reverse engineering).

And this obviously does exist. So that’s not the reason.

Re: Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway

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Post by johannes1234321 »

beagle3 wrote: post #9
benmarten wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

because iMessage is closed api by apple. and they likely will prohibit any interference with their api...

WhatsApp is as closed and guarded (even though better documented through reverse engineering). And this obviously does exist. So that’s not the reason.

This thing here apparently uses WhatsApp web, which might be simpler to use than a full reverse of iMessage and its protocol.
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