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  • iMessage comes to =?utf-8?Q?Nothing=E2=80=99s_Android_phones?=

    From badgolferman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 16 11:57:22 2023
    In the US, Apple’s iMessage is so popular that the fact it shows texts
    from non-iOS handsets in a different color is a big deal. This status
    anxiety is so great, the Android world has begged regulators to force
    Apple to… change the color of a text bubble. Now, Nothing is taking
    matters into its own hands, partnering with unified messaging platform
    Sunbird to hide that shame. Sunbird uses your Apple ID to route comms
    between your Nothing phone and your friends’ iPhones through a server
    farm of Mac Minis. If it works as well as promised, it means your
    friends won’t know you own an Android handset… until the next time you
    see them in person.

    Of course, none of this is happening with Apple’s blessing, so it needs
    a workaround. You need to hand over your credentials to a third party
    and risk the fallout should Apple decide to intervene. Nothing CEO Carl
    Pei believes Apple can’t risk the bad PR if it shuts Sunbird down, but that’s not a bet I’d like to take. It’s worth saying this is almost unique to the US — most of the world just uses third-party platforms
    like WhatsApp. Not to mention if your friends give you grief because of
    the phone you own, they aren’t your friends.

    https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-imessage-comes-to-nothings-android-phones-for-now-121541024.html

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Thu Nov 16 19:07:36 2023
    On 16.11.23 12:57, badgolferman wrote:
    In the US, Apple’s iMessage is so popular that the fact it shows texts
    from non-iOS handsets in a different color is a big deal. This status
    anxiety is so great, the Android world has begged regulators to force
    Apple to… change the color of a text bubble. Now, Nothing is taking
    matters into its own hands, partnering with unified messaging platform Sunbird to hide that shame. Sunbird uses your Apple ID to route comms
    between your Nothing phone and your friends’ iPhones through a server
    farm of Mac Minis. If it works as well as promised, it means your
    friends won’t know you own an Android handset… until the next time you see them in person.

    Are you bored again?
    *This is kiddy stuff*.
    No reasonable person will ever accept a man in the middle. And certainly
    not on consumer grade devices.

    --
    "Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 16 12:32:23 2023
    J�rg Lorenz wrote:
    No reasonable person will ever accept a man in the middle. And certainly
    not on consumer grade devices.

    Many of us have accepted apple in the middle, Jughead.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Hank Rogers on Thu Nov 16 20:57:25 2023
    On 2023-11-16 13:32, Hank Rogers wrote:
    Jörg Lorenz wrote:
    No reasonable person will ever accept a man in the middle. And certainly
    not on consumer grade devices.

    Many of us have accepted apple in the middle, Jughead.

    Apple have the trust credentials to "be in the middle".

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 07:16:01 2023
    Am 17.11.23 um 02:57 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-11-16 13:32, Hank Rogers wrote:
    Jörg Lorenz wrote:
    No reasonable person will ever accept a man in the middle. And certainly >>> not on consumer grade devices.

    Many of us have accepted apple in the middle, Jughead.

    Apple have the trust credentials to "be in the middle".

    Save the time: Hank is braindead.

    --
    "Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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