Technology @beehaw.org Chris Remington @beehaw.org 7 mo. ago

Beeper Mini Is Back | iMessage for Android

Bug fixes and other improvements We've created an updated version of Beeper Mini that fixes an issue that caused messages not to be sent or received. You can get the update directly from beeper.com/update on your phone. We are still doing some final testing before submitting the update to the Google...

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"Back" to using iMessage via Email address like they've been doing for several years, which is not at all the same thing.
- The security and privacy of Beeper Mini is unchanged. It is still local, end-to-end encrypted on your device, as we described in our post.
  
  what "they've been doing for several years" was relaying messages through Mac VMs, if I'm not mistaken, so it's not exactly the same.
  
  And the following as well:
  
  Phone number registration is not working yet. All users must now sign in with an AppleID. Messages will be sent and received via your email address rather than phone number. We’re currently working on a fix for this.
  
  it's not exactly the same.
  
  Yes that's what I said.

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