Posted 4/7/2024, 3:45:57 PM
Sunbird App Converts Android Texts to iMessages, But Lacks iPhone Encryption
- Sunbird app acts as a bridge between Android and iPhones, converting texts to iMessages to show as blue bubbles, but this defeats end-to-end encryption
- Sunbird had security vulnerabilities before; now rebuilt on RCS but still lacks true end-to-end encryption
- Apple shut down a similar app, Beeper, that tried to piggyback on iMessage protocol, showing the risks of this approach
- Without Apple collaboration with Google on RCS, there's no fully secure cross-platform messaging between iPhones and Androids
- For secure messaging across platforms, use apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Facebook Messenger instead of iMessage bridges