Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution | TechCrunch
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

  • quo@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    They can claim it’s a secure protocol because they have full control over it. An application like Beeper gaining access undermines this.

    You’re not explaining how it makes it more secure, you’re simply restating the claim that it does.

    Neither Apple, nor anyone here, can give one precise example of how this would make anything more secure.

    we’ve no idea what Beeper does with the conversations that are had via their clients.

    Same for any iMessage user. I could share a secret with another iPhone user, and they could immediately screenshot it and share it.

    Apple could release their own iMessage client for Android if this were really about trusting beeper, but it’s not. It’s about using peer pressure with blue bubbles to sell more iPhones.

    • LilPappyWigwam@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Just hopping on to concur:

      “Apple could release their own iMessage client for Android if this were really about trusting beeper, but it’s not. It’s about using peer pressure with blue bubbles to sell more iPhones.”

      It’s just that simple (and offensive).