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Re:Android 10 by dkonofalski on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:31PM (#20871930)
I don't think that's what's happening here. I think AirMessage is just functioning as an iMessage client by using the Messages app on the Mac as a proxy. It would be no different from sitting physically in front of the computer. You can only read the messages off the screen and you can only send messages through Message itself.
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Re:Android 10 by runako on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:41PM (#20873208)
I think we're saying the same thing. :-)

I would imagine that the AirMessage Android app is actually in communication with the AirMessage server on your Mac. It uses some automation (perhaps via something like https://github.com/shusain93/OSXMessageProxy) to talk the the Messages app. The connection is encrypted from there to the other side, as if you were sitting in front of your Mac. This happens in reverse the other way.

Hacky, and now you own the weak links in the E2E encryption chain. But a neat workaround, in a pinch.

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Re:Android 10 by dkonofalski on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:54PM (#20889191)
Yes, it looks like we are. :)
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