Can’t recommend Beeper. The new app really is great but the services don’t want people using it that way and it shows. I got constantly logged out and even got a scary message from Facebook about how they would delete my account because I was using automation or something.
It also basically undoes all of the security and privacy features of Signal.
The source is basic documentation about how Matrix bridges work.
Not only is no longer NOT E2EE, but all of your Signal messages are stored (encrypted) on a remote server, with virtually all metadata attached to them. Things Signal themselves do not keep on their servers.
Further, you’re increasing your attack surface by adding another, likely easier way to hack into all of your messages, if one were so inclined.
I’ve been using it with Facebook for a long time and I’ve never had any issues or scary messages. It’s the main reason I use it as I don’t want Facebook on my phone.
I have been using the new beeper. It’s life changing. Having all my conversations in just one app is actually making me talk to me friends more. It’s great!
Fuck iMessage though. Don’t know why people give such a shit.
I don’t believe there’s a wait list anymore. You should be able to just download it from an app store for free. In the future, they’ll release a premium version that will require payment.
I have an invite link that may get you in faster. Let me know if you want it and I’ll send it to you in a direct message. I’ve already sent it to @UntitledQuitting
I really, really don’t understand what their business plan was. At it’s core it used an exploit to trick Apple into thinking the messages were legit, did they not think Apple was going to close the loophole?
If Apple wanted iMessage on android it would be on Android. The only people bringing iMessage to Android is Apple, and anyone who figures a way around that is going to get ban-hammered by Apple.
Yeah I’m kind of puzzled by it too lol. I wish they had just kept their original solution of using Macs to run iMessage. Perhaps if they had gotten popular it still would have been blocked, but their whole strategy of being super open about it is odd. I suppose they thought they could fight it but evidently that wasn’t the case.
Overall though I agree with the post, the app is really nice, the new android version is super slick and if they can get all the other connections working locally like they want, it’ll be even better
They spent around $750,000 building that iMessage bridge…shame…However, there are many people self-hosting and still using iMessage on Android…that will, likely, get smacked down soon. I’ve used Beeper since the early Beta (a little over three years now) and I love it.
I really, really don’t understand what their business plan was
iMessage on Android wasn’t their main goal, it’s just what made them famous. they’ve set out as an all-in-one messaging app (basically they let you register on their Matrix server with bridges for other messaging servers, so that they can manage them for you if you trust them enough) that also included iMessage support. for now it’s free but they’re supposedly planning to add some extra features that will require a subscription.
You can also very easily run the bridges yourself if you don’t trust them. I do so in my homelab, it was 10 minutes of work setting it all up. Super stable, and e2e from my side.
For me their value proposition is their new beta android app which is the best Android matrix client, and their quite fast matrix server. That might change in the future when conduit is fast enough…
You can also very easily run the bridges yourself if you don’t trust them. I do so in my homelab, it was 10 minutes of work setting it all up. Super stable, and e2e from my side.
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