misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBeeper Mini team says a fix is ‘coming soon’ and promises to extend users’ free trialswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down18
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minus-squarekick_out_the_jams@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoIf the open source community could provide such a thing for free I think they would have done it already? But presumably they lack the ability, the motivation or both.
minus-square4z01235@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·11 months agoThey did. That’s why Beeper Mini exists. https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush https://jjtech.dev/reverse-engineering/imessage-explained/ https://www.wired.com/story/beeper-android-iphone-texting-blue-bubbles/
minus-squaresneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoThey did. Its called airmessage. Has been around for almost 3 years now
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYou need a Mac of some kind, Minis are often used.
minus-squareRanchOnPancakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI used airmessage for a while when I was on iOS because I missed able able to message from the web while I was at work.
minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·edit-211 months agoAs much as I want it to he open source what could the risks be of apple finding a way to patch any exploits by looking at the open source code
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI believe it’s a system that uses an actual Mac as a server for relay. Not really a way for them to stop that, and I doubt they care that much since it requires someone to have a Mac.
minus-squarekey@lemmy.keychat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s how Beeper works. Beeper Mini doesn’t do that and instead imitates the Mac software, which is why Apple broke it.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI thought they meant airmessage.
If the open source community could provide such a thing for free I think they would have done it already?
But presumably they lack the ability, the motivation or both.
They did. That’s why Beeper Mini exists.
https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush
https://jjtech.dev/reverse-engineering/imessage-explained/
https://www.wired.com/story/beeper-android-iphone-texting-blue-bubbles/
They did. Its called airmessage. Has been around for almost 3 years now
do you need your own server
Yes.
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You need a Mac of some kind, Minis are often used.
I used airmessage for a while when I was on iOS because I missed able able to message from the web while I was at work.
As much as I want it to he open source what could the risks be of apple finding a way to patch any exploits by looking at the open source code
I believe it’s a system that uses an actual Mac as a server for relay. Not really a way for them to stop that, and I doubt they care that much since it requires someone to have a Mac.
That’s how Beeper works. Beeper Mini doesn’t do that and instead imitates the Mac software, which is why Apple broke it.
I thought they meant airmessage.