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There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works (www.theverge.com)
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[-] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

So it really is the exact same thing as Nothing Chats then? I don't think I trust them any more than Sunbird...

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 22 points 11 months ago
  • Beeper can be self-hosted if you have a Mac, so you don't have to trust their servers
  • Sunbird's app (Nothing Chat) was riddled with its own security vulnerabilities that allowed users to read other users messages, which were all stored as unencrypted plaintext, all discovered by the community within 24 hours of launch
  • Beeper is actually open about how their technology works and what it's limitations are, while Sunbird/Nothing basically lied about their product and never provided any meaningful documentation
[-] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 10 points 11 months ago

The difference, as I understand it, is Beeper hasn't claimed to not be doing that. Sunbird/Nothing touted E2EE and that was a lie.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

That makes sense I suppose. A company that doesn't outright lie about how their service works would have more goodwill behind it, wouldn't it.

[-] lea@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

Beeper's backend is also fully open-source, there's nothing stopping you from hosting your own iMessage bridge and accessing it via any matrix client.

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It wasn't just that E2EE was a lie, their own server software was full of its own bugs that allowed third party access to user messages, which were stored unencrypted in their database.

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