DannyMacNothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS
GenderNeutralBroThey’ve stated that they are using Mac minis as relays. They claim that they do not store messages or credentials, but I don’t see how that’s possible if it relies on a Mac or iOS relay server that they control.
The best they can do is pinkie-promise to not intercept your messages and send a copy to law enforcement. But Nothing Corp can only guarantee… Nothing.
And yet, this article acts as if you’re using end-to-end encryption:
messaging Android users will use encrypted RCS chats, while messaging iPhone users will use encrypted iMessage chats.
They might be able to relay them in a way that the end to end encryption is actually handled on the phone and the relay only relays encrypted messages.
That would likely still give them a capability to MitM but it’s plausible that they couldn’t passively intercept the messages.
It’s true I am assuming, but I’m basing my assumptions on existing open source projects that allow you to “hack” iMessage texts onto Android by setting up your own Mac Mini.
I can’t even start to imagine how they would use the Mac as only a partial relay that would be married to a particular Android device in order to only decrypt iMessages on it. Maybe they figured it out, but if they did, I would want it open source, with as many pairs of eyes on it as humanly possible!