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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by viraptor on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:31PM (#38538941)
If that becomes a problem and they get enough funding, I'm sure they can spend a few days / weeks reverse engineering the functions they need. At this point it just needs some effort, not some crazy research capabilities.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by ronsor on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:50PM (#38539984)
Given that these are cryptography-related functions, I feel like symbolic execution could yield the actual algorithm they use.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by viraptor on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @02:50AM (#38541425)
It's probably not even that hard. If some block looks like a crypto section, you can likely match the relevant constants to the algorithm. It's not like Apple will use some super custom solution there. "Where is the AES and how is the IV generated" is more likely question.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by dadoum on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @01:34AM (#38541022)
It’s already in the works, someone has already made a lot of progress on this front on pypush’ Discord server.
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