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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn’t it funny that every tech commenter was like “Apple would have to re-engineer their whole iMessage stack if they want to cut off access to Beeper Mini”?

[–] Nogami 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That would seem to imply that tech commenters know less than Apple about Apple’s own servers. Shocking.

My bet is that is if Apple comments at all, they will talk about closing a security vulnerability rather than cutting off android users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My bet is that is Apple comments at all, they will talk about closing a security vulnerability rather than cutting off android users.

Aaaand you were right!

[–] Nogami 2 points 1 year ago

And the founders quote is hilarious.

“if Apple truly cares about the privacy and security of their own iPhone users, why would they stop a service that enables their own users to now send encrypted messages to Android users, rather than using unsecure SMS?”

One of these things are their own iPhone users. One of them is not.

Swoosh.

If you want security, stay in the Apple ecosystem and you don’t need to send to insecure android users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@EliasChao @apple_enthusiast That’s essentially the same thing, LMAO.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would Apple have to reverse engineer their own protocol?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

D'oh. Shouldn't have commented before getting out of bed.