Apple can’t keep it out forever, and what will they tell us about the Beeper Cloud, its security measures and what their next steps will be

At a time when there is a lot of interest, Apple has a statement. Beeper has been around for a couple of years and it was not very successful in intercepting iMessage. Beeper and apps like Sunbird ran their iMessage traffic through a Mac Mini in a server rack somewhere, which made messages much more vulnerable, because they were just running your traffic through a Mac Mini. But Beeper Mini was exploiting the iMessage protocol directly, which clearly prompted Apple to tighten its security measures.

When I ask if he will fight Apple’s security team, he says that the Beeper Cloud is a sign that Apple can’t keep it out forever. (He also says Beeper’s team has some ideas left for Beeper Mini.) He hopes that the court of public opinion will eventually convince Apple to play nice. He says that what they have built is good for the world. It’s something we should all agree on.

Protecting iMessage from Fake Authentication Attacks, and Why the App Store Isn’t Going to Support Cross-platform RCS

Obviously there’s also a much bigger picture here, though. Tim Cook told a questioner at the Code Conference that Apple did not want to bring iMessage to an OS that it could not afford to support, while the company had debated whether or not to support a version of the operating system that didn’t work on phones. Apple has recently said it will adopt the cross-platform RCS messaging protocol, but we don’t yet know exactly what that will look like — and you can bet that Apple will still seek to make life better for native iMessage users.

The company said that it was just trying to do right by users, and protect the privacy and security of their iMessages. Apple takes steps to protect users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to get access to messages, said Nadine Haija, an Apple senior PR manager.