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.
You give them the credentials for your Apple account. The security concept is “trust me bro” and that’s really the best they can do unless Apple helps them (which they have no reason to)
“Trust me bro” always the security concept of any service where you don’t control the client - that includes regular iMessage (you have to trust Apple) and Google’s RCS (you have to trust Google).