Telegram
Adding 15 apps to @DumbPhoneApp in 1.0.6 + fixed launching , @protonmail, @ApplePodcasts, and a crappy bug that showed the upgrade screen to people who had already upgraded.
bartleby1 4 weeks ago • 100%
And what is dumb phone?
bartleby1 2 months ago • 100%
It’s the same account though. You can have both clients or just element
telegram.org
complete with tabs, bookmarks, history, page zoom and find on page
bartleby1 2 months ago • 100%
Matrix. You can use your beeper account on one of the more fully featured matrix clients such as Element X
bartleby1 2 months ago • 85%
true. Also: not commenting is easier than commenting
techcrunch.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18372108 > https://beta.maps.apple.com/ > > It doesn’t seem to support Firefox, or not yet at least. > [Maps on the web is compatible with these web browsers](https://support.apple.com/en-us/120585) > >**On your Mac or iPad** > >- Safari > >- Edge > >- Chrome > > > >**On your Windows PC** > >- Edge > >- Chrome
bartleby1 2 months ago • 90%
Many people have had easy success with Firefox by spoofing a “Chrome on Windows” user agent; you can use an extension like this one to do so.
Brad Murray has confirmed that all bridges will migrate away from being Matrix Appservices (“cloud bridges”), although the option to self-host your own version of beeper’s Appservices will remain an option > **Brad Murray** The current plan is for each client to send and receive with their own locally running connections, as opposed to letting one client use another client's connections to send in real time. We've had some pretty bad experiences with the old androidsms bridge with that architecture (since only your Android phone could send or receive a SMS). > **Brad Murray** We're still going to keep all our bridges open source and usable as Matrix Appservices, so if you want to use any Matrix client it's probably best to self-host against Beeper's homeserver (which we'll still support) or just run your own homeserver with our open source bridges
youtube.com
interesting choice, or business as usual?
bartleby1 5 months ago • 100%
The bridges have always been open source. The clients were forked from element (which is open source) until recently when the Android app was rebuilt; the clients are not planned to be open source.
> we are proud to share that Beeper is out of beta! Feb 2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20230401112602mp_/https://blog.beeper.com/p/beeper-update-4-out-of-beta > Beeper is (finally) out of beta today, https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-now-available/
bartleby1 6 months ago • 100%
Just go to archive.today and put in a link and it will bypass the paywall
bartleby1 6 months ago • 100%
(paywall bypassed)
apps.apple.com
I’ve been using this on my iPhone for a bit (it’s free) I really like being able to completely customize the address bar and items on it, as well as the main menu items, and the URL menu/contextual menu (the thing that appears when you hold down on a link) there’s an iPad version available too via TestFlight His product homepage: https://quiche.works/browser
https://twitter.com/ericmigi/status/1763694753848479844 > Built for speed and performance, with a complete redesign of the look and feel. You'll be able to try it for yourself soon… > A small sample of the many new features: > - OLED black theme > - Local message cache (all chats open instantly) > - Add/modify chat networks (no need to set up on desktop) > - Chat bubbling > - Tablet (multi-pane) mode > - Full message search (across all your chat networks) He added, on Matrix, “Plan is to offer local bridges for all encrypted networks” Although confirming this would be the case at launch, it was unclear specifically which networks are counted as encrypted.
Kagi search engine
Welcome to the Kagi community
bartleby1 7 months ago • 100%
I haven’t paid for it yet because I seem to be a ‘lite’ user of browsers, search, and the web in general, but I’m very interested to follow it along.
youtube.com
CEO Eric Migicovsky reports that there are more than 100,000 Beeper Cloud users
Josh is an employee of Beeper; screenshot is from Beeper’s official chat room on matrix. The Digital Markets Act comes into effect Wednesday, March 7, 2024
bartleby1 8 months ago • 100%
They’ve been preparing for a while: https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/ios-16-restrict-features-based-on-location/
multiple reports on Discord, Matrix, and Telegram, seem to suggest that, without any notice, Apple is lifting the hardware bans which had been applied to Apple users who had used their Macs and Apple IDs with Beeper
Bloomberg reports that the three additional potential gatekeepers, namely: iMessage, Bing, Edge, have all been excluded The above graphic thereby shows all those that will be targeted on March 7 via [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/23/24047861/microsoft-edge-and-bing-may-avoid-the-eus-latest-regulations)
hosted on the Mozilla.org homeserver
appleinsider.com
Beeper is said to be focusing on adding other chat networks to their “Mini” app, and preparing for a relaunch.
Bloomberg says no, according to “people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.” The decision is to be officially released by the EU in February 2024
Beeper previously asked their first officially appointed Reddit mod to join the telegram group, where [he spammed NSFW content](https://t.me/beeperapp/1118) Announcement: https://www.reddit.com/r/beeper/s/LBncfZnIsb Beeper’s official discord invite, provided by Daniel “captain booty clap” Ramirez: https://discord.gg/zf6hf6UY4G update: Beeper is also permanently banning from their subreddit anyone who mentions “Telegram” or “Lemmy” update 2: Eric Migicovsky added a comment that the discord was made at his request; therefore it is official
Apple claims it “does not monetise iMessage via the sale of hardware devices” it further claims it runs 5 completely separate App Stores
www.nytimes.com
> investigators have examined how the Apple Watch works better with the iPhone than with other brands, as well as how Apple locks competitors out of its iMessage service
www.howtogeek.com
By default, iCloud backups are (1) enabled and (2) **unencrypted** You would have to get not only yourself and every person you’re chatting with to manually enable encryption for their iCloud backups on their iPhones, but also _every device they have_ that is using iMessage
Beeper
Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
it’s ok because you can edit your comments
Beeper
Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
that too
Beeper
Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
It would definitely be interesting to see this go to a major court. I imagine Apple will argue you’re free to do whatever you want on your device but that that does not extend to iMessage servers because those requires accepting pretty strict terms of service and will argue the users are breaking the EULA which they agreed to. Apple will argue they have the right to run their servers as they see fit.
We need new regulations around corporations that run these pseudo-commons platforms as “legit capitalist platforms.”
Beeper
Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳
bartleby1 9 months ago • 95%
*ceases
Beeper
Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
I guess you could argue that given the conflict minerals? idk
**Update**: it _may_ be limited to those using a hackintosh in conjunction with beeperserv (the jailbreak tweak). Still kind of lousy of them to lock the reddit topic though… Several users recently reported that after using pypush—the tool that Beeper paid $25,000 for in order to build Beeper Mini—Apple banned their genuine Apple hardware devices from accessing iMessage. When their comments were shared to the r/Beeper subreddit, one of the mods whom Beeper appointed decided to lock the comments, citing the “need to investigate this further” and directing concerned users to “reach out to support through the appropriate channels.” for all the latest beeper and matrix news, join [BeeperApp](https://t.me/beeperapp) on Telegram
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
It’s not vanished, they just want ppl to sideload it from here now: https://www.beeper.com/download
for all the latest beeper news don’t forget to [join us on telegram](https://t.me/beeperapp)
nitter.1d4.us
In the new year, we’re shifting focus back to our long-term goal of building the best chat app on earth
blog.beeper.com
edit 2: changed url to official one, now that the article is live
github.com
The jailbroken iPhone should have iOS 10 or greater on it. This new solution allows Beeper Mini to work again, with the caveat that you need an old iPhone that sits at home. With Beeper Mini working on your Android phone (including number registration), you also have the option of adding that phone number to Beeper Cloud.
_(letter was OCR’d from [this scanned letter](https://fixupx.com/jolingkent/status/1736601539790446592))_ We write regarding Apple's potential anticompetitive treatment of the Beeper Mini messaging application. We have long-championed increased competition, innovation, and consumer choice in the digital marketplace. To protect free and open markets, it is critical for the Antitrust Division to be vigilant in enforcing our antitrust laws. That is why together we have led efforts in Congress to ensure the agency has the authorities, tools, and resources necessary to police abuses of market power. Earlier this month, Beeper introduced Beeper Mini, an interoperable messaging service that allows users of the Android mobile operating system to communicate with users of Apple's iMessage service. Previously, Android users were unable to securely communicate with iMessage users and were relegated to using decades-old, unencrypted SMS technology. Within days of its launch, Beeper Mini users began to experience service disruptions. Apple admitted it took action to disable Beeper Mini, citing security and privacy concerns for iMessage users. Apple executives have previously admitted the company leverages iMessage to lock users into Apple's ecosystem of devices and services. Beeper Mini threatened to reduce this leverage creating more competitive mobile applications market, which in turn a more competitive mobile device market. Earlier this year the Department of Commerce released a report titled Competition in the Mobile Application Ecosystem, describing Apple as a "gatekeeper" with a "monopoly position" in its mobile app ecosystem. The Department of Commerce observed that "antitrust enforcement is essential for ensuring competition in the mobile app ecosystem." These findings are consistent with those of numerous other antitrust enforcers and international competition authorities. In December 2015, Beeper's Chief Executive Officer, Eric Migicovsky, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. He expressed concern that dominant messaging services would use their position to impose barriers to interoperability and prevent Beeper entering and delivering services that consumers want. Given Apple's recent actions, that concern appears prescient. As you know, interoperability and interconnection have long been key drivers of competition and consumer choice in communications services, from telephones to email. Startups and small businesses drive innovation, create jobs, and can disrupt entrenched incumbents when allowed to compete. But consumers will never benefit from competition if dominant firms are allowed to snuff out that competition at its incipiency. We are therefore concerned that Apple's recent actions to disable Beeper Mini harm competition, eliminate choices for consumers, and will discourage future innovation and investment in interoperable messaging services. We also fear these types of tactics may more broadly chill future investment and innovation from those that seek to compete with existing digital gatekeepers. Thus, we refer this matter to the Antitrust Division to investigate whether this potentially anticompetitive conduct by Apple violated the antitrust laws.
Watch on [Telegram](https://t.me/beeperapp/872) or on [twitter](https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1736764694470250773)
Once enacted, it will be the British counterpart to the EU's Digital Markets Act. This bill is expected to force interoperability with many things, including messaging platforms. iPhone has a 51% market share in the UK. [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets,_Competition_and_Consumers_Bill) | [bills.parliament.uk](https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3453/stages/17632)
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
this is 2 and frankly it’s weak. I expected more aggression from Apple
Apple appears to be deliberately blocking iMessages from being delivered to ~5% of Beeper Mini users. Uninstalling and reinstalling Beeper Mini fixes the issue. Affected Beeper Cloud users - please contact Beeper Help. We can fix it very easily for you if you let us know.
t.me
Where we gather all the latest news about Beeper, Matrix, and messaging apps and protocols
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
The RCS standard has no encryption whatsoever, it’s completely plain text, so you have no point here regarding security.
I think you’ve conflated (as most people do) Google Messages’ proprietary modifications that run on top of and over RCS, with what RCS actually is.
www.theverge.com
> At Apple, we build our products and services with industry-leading privacy and security technologies designed to give users control of their data and keep personal information safe. We took steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage. These techniques posed significant risks to user security and privacy, including the potential for metadata exposure and enabling unwanted messages, spam, and phishing attacks. We will continue to make updates in the future to protect our users.
bartleby1 9 months ago • 100%
I’m not saying you don’t know how, I’m saying that you’re lazy and dismissive
should be live for all over the next hour
bartleby1 10 months ago • 50%
don’t be an ass; join the group chat and ask there
There are reports on the pypush discord server that it is all but confirmed that Apple has changed something on the iMessage servers to block Beeper Mini users
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
did you only try your support room on matrix, or did you also try in the general chat room? There’s a lot of smart ppl there
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
Have you tried reaching out to them on matrix?
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Beeper makes big privacy claims for its newest app
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
It’s actually based on open source project pypush
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Beeper makes big privacy claims for its newest app
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
Three new articles on https://blog.beeper.com/ one of them mentioned it, I forget which
Free and Open Source Software
Alternative Social Media Platforms
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Meredith Whittaker response to the French government banning the use of popular messaging apps
bartleby1 10 months ago • 75%
get ‘em girl
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
the same universal profile as Android
Actually Google Messages extends beyond the universal profile. If you check the current spec, there is no encryption nor reactions, yet Google messages has them. Apple Messages won’t for RCS.
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
And that's why you shouldn't pirate kids.
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
“staplegunmans” are definitely my personal worst nightmare as well
bartleby1 10 months ago • 50%
something this dumb
Are you referring to beeper or RCS
Ask Lemmybartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
wow that’s pretty wild. Reminds me of biohacking or something
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
what if your friends are in another country
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
this is the only correct answer
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
haven’t had a gmail in over 10 years but have slowly been moving from iCloud to Proton and Firefox over the last 5 years
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
and it probably helps battle CSAM a lot too
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
so go use matrix and get all your friends on it I guess
bartleby1 10 months ago • 100%
Forgive my ignorance, what do these Diabetes apps do?
Showerthoughts
Humans are similar to cancer cells
bartleby1 11 months ago • 100%
did you just watch The Matrix for the first time
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
anyone know ios shortcuts wnough to fix the avert paywall with archive.is shortcut?
bartleby1 11 months ago • 100%
No but I discovered this share sheet extension that does similarly: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1598706451