Comment on Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS
decodehug647@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months agoIt 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 10 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 10 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.