• theherk@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    Yeah, but I got absolutely roasted in YouTube comments for pointing out some potential shortcomings in the architecture. I’m not about to claim a high level of authority on the topic, though I’m an old man who has been in the game for a while, but the people that were totally confident really just seemed very eager to accept the passing of their credentials in a very sketchy way to get a slightly different messaging experience.

    Just use signal folks.

  • Snazzy@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    I don’t get the buzz around this. It’s a really ugly hack, it’s costing someone money to run those mac servers, and the longevity of the service is questionable.

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      3 years ago

      If only there was a law forcing messaging services to open an API for free choice of 3rd party apps…

  • Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    3 years ago

    Why does iMessage need a solution? Solutions indicate problems. The only problem I can see is elitist kids and people whining about bubble colors.

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      3 years ago

      The problem is breaking up the network effect from messaging apps.

      Noone is uninstalling WhatsApp since there’s always that one guy you need to keep in contact with that refuses to change.

      Having aggregators like this is helping break up this

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        3 years ago

        Your security is actually worse than a pinky promise in that case because you also have to consider that they could be hacked.

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        3 years ago

        Beeper is pretty good with it, as they make it clear that it’s insecure and use an encrypted protocol to get the messages to the server. Still, it’s better to host your own (which Beeper lets you do, as it’s just Matrix) or not use it.

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          3 years ago

          The sheer volume of cves is not necessarily an indicator for insecurity. The CVE system is pretty bad and rulings are mostly arbitrary. For example, there was a recent curl “CVE”, where an overflow happened in some part of the app which was not relevant to security. I don’t remember the details, but the only solution to this apperent mess was that the main contributor of curl is becoming one of the guys that evaluate CVEs.

          CVE is a measure for the US government, and always assumes the worst in any case.

          That being said, I agree with you.

        • 8ender@lemmy.world
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          3 years ago

          My man everyone and their favourite state sponsored hacking group is trying to break iMessage, of course there’s going to be a shed load of CVEs compared to other less popular tools.