What are people’s thoughts on Beeper as an app? I haven’t used an all-in-one messenger since Trillian back in the day, and while I do like not having to trust less secure/private apps like WhatsApp and Discord I don’t know if I’d trust it over Signal.
Using an all-in-one messenger like Beeper will always be less secure than using standalone apps because it can introduce another vector for attack. That being said, I believe Beeper is trying their hardest to stop “middle manning” your messages. For example, in their newest Android client they have an on-device Signal bridge which means your messages never get sent to Beeper’s servers.
Personally, I am happy with the convenience of Beeper. I use it every day with multiple IM services linked and it has saved me a lot of time. I also love that Beeper is built on matrix and that they’re contributing back to the open source community.
The app itself is very polished and really an excellent Matrix client.
Unfortunately these 3rd parties make it abundantly clear that they DO NOT want you using their services this way, and that ruins it. From Apple “patching” the iMessage workaround to Meta constantly logging my server out of accounts (Facebook, IG and WhatsApp) and giving me warnings about “automated activity on your account” and threatening to “permanently disable” it, I just got tired of it. It’s not worth it.
If you use it for something like Signal you’re essentially destroying most of its privacy and security features for convenience.
Also I have no idea what their business model is. They’ve waffled on it so many times at this point.
It’s a nice idea but was never and will never work.
What are people’s thoughts on Beeper as an app? I haven’t used an all-in-one messenger since Trillian back in the day, and while I do like not having to trust less secure/private apps like WhatsApp and Discord I don’t know if I’d trust it over Signal.
If security is your prime concern, then I definitely wouldn’t use an “all-in-one” messenger service.
Using an all-in-one messenger like Beeper will always be less secure than using standalone apps because it can introduce another vector for attack. That being said, I believe Beeper is trying their hardest to stop “middle manning” your messages. For example, in their newest Android client they have an on-device Signal bridge which means your messages never get sent to Beeper’s servers.
Personally, I am happy with the convenience of Beeper. I use it every day with multiple IM services linked and it has saved me a lot of time. I also love that Beeper is built on matrix and that they’re contributing back to the open source community.
The app itself is very polished and really an excellent Matrix client.
Unfortunately these 3rd parties make it abundantly clear that they DO NOT want you using their services this way, and that ruins it. From Apple “patching” the iMessage workaround to Meta constantly logging my server out of accounts (Facebook, IG and WhatsApp) and giving me warnings about “automated activity on your account” and threatening to “permanently disable” it, I just got tired of it. It’s not worth it.
If you use it for something like Signal you’re essentially destroying most of its privacy and security features for convenience.
Also I have no idea what their business model is. They’ve waffled on it so many times at this point.
It’s a nice idea but was never and will never work.