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๐Ÿš’ iPhone vs Android ๐Ÿš’

Round 394!

ok but in all seriousness, let's say I want to send some SMS/RCS using my cell, but I want to do that from the computer... should be feasible?

iPhone's iMessage: "we love our walled garden so much that NO ONE can send messages using a web interface, despite iMessage being an iCloud enabled app and the ecosystem having iCloud apps available online to any non-Mac -- but we decided that iMessage alone should never be usable on the iCloud web interface (because reasons?)"

Android via Messages App: "sure thing fellow Happy Camper! here you go! https://messages.google.com and it's just as secure as using the device itself."

Best part... Android's method WORKS ON FREEBSD!

#noFlameWarNeeded #iPhone #Android #mobileDevices #FreeBSD #Linux #Apple

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

@[email protected] If you can view your iMessage messages on the web it means that Apple has your encryption keys. That would entirely defeat end to end encryption. And when a government agency comes to Apple to get a copy of your messages, they would have to surrender them, something they cannot do today.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@shac @winterschon A convenience bonus for Google and perhaps a reason to dislike iOS. How does WhatsApp web manage to maintain e2e encryption, then?