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All messages are end to end encrypted. Also you don’t need an Apple account and it connects directly to Apple servers.
You’re right, I see they reverse engineered iMessage (sort of). I confused Beeper Mini for Beeper, the encryption of which is often misstated.
I’m not all too confident in using a chat app that relies on reverse engineering Apple’s protocol and lying about the device being used (especially since a large portion of it is still done with the help of a centralised Beeper server for APN callbacks). The riskiest part of this approach is that if Beeper does get blocked/banned by Apple, your phone number will still be registered as iMessage capable and you need to remember to unregister your phone number or you will not be able to receive any (SMS) text messages from iOS users.
I don’t think they’ll open iMessage to be honest. They are working on implementing RCS, though, and they have indicated that they were going to ask the standards body governing RCS for an official E2EE system (rather than relying on Google’s current, proprietary implementation based on open protocols).
I expect their third party integrations to go through RCS unless they are ordered by a court to open the original protocol.
You’re right, I see they reverse engineered iMessage (sort of). I confused Beeper Mini for Beeper, the encryption of which is often misstated.
I’m not all too confident in using a chat app that relies on reverse engineering Apple’s protocol and lying about the device being used (especially since a large portion of it is still done with the help of a centralised Beeper server for APN callbacks). The riskiest part of this approach is that if Beeper does get blocked/banned by Apple, your phone number will still be registered as iMessage capable and you need to remember to unregister your phone number or you will not be able to receive any (SMS) text messages from iOS users.
I see , well I hope this can make Apple to open iMessage.
I don’t think they’ll open iMessage to be honest. They are working on implementing RCS, though, and they have indicated that they were going to ask the standards body governing RCS for an official E2EE system (rather than relying on Google’s current, proprietary implementation based on open protocols).
I expect their third party integrations to go through RCS unless they are ordered by a court to open the original protocol.