I use beeper (a version of these apps that is actually released but kinda shit) and it’s perfectly fine. Their solution would be better because it runs locally on the phone, however it’s only on supported phones which is most likely just nothing phones.
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penquin@lemmy.kde.social 11 months ago
They use a Mac mini somewhere to route these messages. So you’re logging into that Mac mini with your iCloud credentials. Sounds like a privacy/security nightmare and creepy as fuck.
EvokerKing@lemmy.world 11 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
More likely just a Linux VM
teatowel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
iMessage only runs on Apple products
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
…or a virtualized Apple product on a Linux machine. iMessage doesn’t know the difference.
decodehug647@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
It seems like all efforts to “bridge” imessage to anything outside apple software work this way - there’s a Matrix bridge and a dedicated open source app and they both rely on the imessage client on a mac. Is there a legitimate reason for it not being reverse-engineered yet?
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The actual protocol isn’t a secret. It’s that the authentication of the device relies on a hardware key, and that key is fully locked down by Apple (as it also secures the user’s biometric logins, keyring, financial information in Apple Wallet, etc.).
scarilog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If it relies on a hardware key then why is it that I can get the same setup working with a macos virtual machine?
Using [BlueBubbles] (bluebubbles.app) for anyone wondering.