Apple blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage Android app, but Beeper will keep pushing

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Apple blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage Android app, but Beeper will keep pushing
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Apple blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage Android app, but Beeper will keep pushing::Co-founder denies Apple's claims of security and privacy concerns for its users.

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that is protected by the DMCA?

Reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability is legal under DMCA.

That particular defense has historically been a little shaky. That said since it's a corporation that would be using it in this case instead of some random hacker (in the MIT sense) or Chinese company it would have a better chance of holding up in court.

I'm betting though that Apple won't even bother with trying a DMCA based suit, but rather will argue some kind of TOS violations.

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