• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    8 days ago

    I have an iPhone for work. iMessage is turned off, because fuck that shit. You don’t like the green? Either suck it up or use our corporate messenger.

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    7 days ago

    Used to be that circumventing official methods for accessing any kind of media was just a way to get free shit. Nowadays it’s also necessary to get basic functionality.

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        8 days ago

        Server Installation

        On the macOS device you’d like to use for the server… And I’m out.

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          7 days ago

          I don’t even understand the purpose. Who the hell cares what colour your texts are?

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            In my case, I worked for someone who only communicated via iMessage. When I got hired they said, “Either get an iPhone or figure out some magical way to get iMessage on Android.”

            Abracadabra mfer

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                7 days ago

                Wish I could say! But many influential people in tech/media/politics are iMessage diehards, and she was no exception

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                  I’d respond “If it is required for the job, send me a business phone that has imessage”. I hope that you didn’t subsidize their business expense on your own dime

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            7 days ago

            In the UK most people use Whatsapp regardless of their platform. That has its own issues but thankfully you never hear people talking about blue text bubbles.

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              7 days ago

              I’m in the UK too and the gradual shift to WhatsApp has been a relief considering it used to be WhatsApp, Snapchat, messenger, Instagram, iMessage and twitter about ten years ago, not that anyone did all of them.

              It’s a shame it’s meta but it’s so nice that it’s not a huge pile of useless features, just a few.

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                7 days ago

                Twitter never took off in my area for some reason but lot of people I knew used Facebook messenger about 10 years ago which was a pain. I’m pretty sure the popularity of Whatsapp is thanks to Vodafone. They had contracts years ago that allowed unlimited use of Whatsapp without affecting your data usage. This lead a lot of people to believe that happens on all contracts. I still can’t convince my Grandma that calling through Whatsapp uses both of our data.