How anyone trusts using a phone where its CEO thought hacking iMessage is a good idea?
If you still use Nothing, dont complain later.
If you still use Nothing, dont complain later.
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Sunbird Shuts Down iMessage App for Android Over Security Concerns
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I think a spotlight just got shined on them by Nothing and it made people catch how insecure they are. This app went down over it sending messages completely unencrypted, Apple didn't have a thing to do with that.
You’d have to be “insert choice word here” to give a 3rd party your Apple ID credentials.
If you grant something full disk access on macOS, then it does.
iMessages are stored in a SQLite database in `~/Library/Messages/chat.db` without any extra encryption (besides the full disk encryption).
So apparently it's not that big of a deal anyways even after you enable sideloading on iOS.
Sounds more like $hitbird.
But seriously, this could have been a small budget for low hanging fruit state actor, or simple theft or extortion setup.
This kind of stuff will explode like fruit flies on an overripe apple once sideloading comes in.
But seriously, this could have been a small budget for low hanging fruit state actor, or simple theft or extortion setup.
This kind of stuff will explode like fruit flies on an overripe apple once sideloading comes in.
Well, Nothing Chats turned into a nothing burger.
(Yes, making that joke was the only reason I read this thread.)
(Yes, making that joke was the only reason I read this thread.)
Why should Apple have fork out millions in legal costs, fighting the hundreds of companies who’ll fill the third party app stores with compromised software?
You wanted the freedom to load what you wanted on your iPhone … so have at it.
Nope.
Tim Cook isn’t laughing.
He’s worrying about what’s going to happen when third-party App stores show up chock full of dodgy apps demanding users hand over their card details and PIN numbers.
Well I guess you’ll just have to get rid of any Android-using friends in your life.
There are apps in the App Store that are doing shady things right now. There will always be security concerns. This has been the case the moment data from one computer was first loaded into another.
Yes, there are apps doing dodgy things right now. Next year, when third party stores land, that number will increase ten fold, and no one will remove them.
So Nothing knows absolutely Nothing about security. Nothing will do Nothing to make their own chat system.
That had nothing to do with OnePlus. Nothing Phone wanted to implement it. The founder of OnePlus, Carl Pei, started Nothing Phone, but has left OnePlus since a few years.
Nope. This is because Apple has been selfish with iMessage and people (unwisely) cut corners trying to incorporate it into Android.
Apple permitting sideloading will still enforce security protections for users; it's just that Apple won't arbitrarily decide what users can install on their phones and from where. Difference.
Sunbird was such a hilariously bad idea that I'm not sure how it even kind of got off the ground... I mean, seriously, handing your Apple ID details to a third-party company? Especially one that most people had never heard of? That's just wild. 
His point will be proven and he will just tell the EU, no, go to hell, we are going back to the App Store as the only option and you can stick it where the sun don't shine. Or we will just lobby politicians to do what we request and ban Androids in the EU with a cherry on top.