Beeper is back in charge: here’s how he wants to get around Apple

We have now reached a new chapter in what is becoming a series of back and forth between Beeper and Apple. We’re talking about instant messaging, and specifically about bringing iMessage on Android.

Bringing iMessage to Android can also be seen as a philosophical question: those who say that to use iMessage it is implicit to buy an iPhone, while others think that in any case you must have the freedom to choose transcending the constraints on the devices you use. Who created Beeper, that is, the former creator of the legendary Pebblecertainly belongs to this second category.

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In recent weeks we have seen Beeper, the platform that since the beginning of the year allows you to use all messaging services with a single app on Android and PC, launch Beeper Mini. It is an app that allows you to use iMessage on Android without giving up encryption and without having to log in to your Apple account from other third-party devices.

In short, Beeper Mini looked like the dream come true for many, as it worked well too. Too bad that after a few days Apple introduced updates to block Beeper Mini from using iMessage from non-Apple devices. The Cupertino house has explicitly confirmed the action taken to block Beeper Mini.

But Beeper’s they didn’t give up, they immediately got to work to solve the problems with Beeper Cloud’s iMessage, the platform launched at the beginning, which still allows you to use iMessage but requires access to the Apple ID from the company’s Mac server. The news of the last few hours is that also Beeper Mini is coming backbut the most interesting aspect is understanding how.

Eric Migicovsky, the creator of Beeper, has in fact reported that the fix for Beeper Mini is coming and who above all arrived at the solution for bypass Apple’s recent ban. To make Beeper Mini work in its original form, i.e. with encryption and no access to your Apple ID, you will need to have a Mac available.

Accessing iMessage is via pairing between login to your Apple ID and a key generated by an Apple device. In case you are trying to log in from a non-Apple device, you clearly need to find one to generate this key. That’s why it’s needed have handy a Mac.

In its original implementation, Beeper Mini he used Beeper’s Macs to generate such codes. Clearly It didn’t take Apple long to identify which accounts were using iMessage via Beeper, deriving them from the associated codes generated by those Macs (which will likely have generated thousands of codes each). But if users use a Personal Macor that of a friend, then the problem does not exist and It won’t be easy for Apple understand which user is using iMessage from an Android device.

This is a solution that bypass the block from Apple, but which requires the generation of this key periodically.

Therefore, you will need to access your first generation Mac on a weekly or monthly basis.

Beeper announced that the update for Beeper Mini it will arrive on the day of Tomorrow. After this update, by following the procedure that involves accessing via your personal Mac, you should be able to use iMessage from Android again as if you were using an iPhone. Beeper also clarified the key generation procedure for each iMessage account It doesn’t mean access to your Apple ID. And for the more sceptical, he renewed the invitation to inspect the code of your iMessage bridge.