Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution | TechCrunch
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

  • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    79·
    9 months ago

    Proprietary, closed source, third-party software that hasn’t been audited by a third party, that’s hooking into another proprietary protocol without the owner of said protocol’s approval.

    Sounds to me like Apple fixed a security vulnerability they were exploiting to gain access to the platform. Honestly it reminds me of Microsoft and AOL with the AIM and MSN Messenger wars. I believe AIM used a buffer overflow on purpose for authentication, despite it being a serious security vulnerability.

    • quo@feddit.ukEnglish
      02·
      9 months ago

      Sounds to me like Apple fixed a security vulnerability

      Then you don’t understand what you’re talking about.

      They figured out a communication protocol, they didn’t hack into encrypted files.