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This Version is No Longer Maintained, Use Fork

Open innesst opened this issue 2 years ago • 8 comments

I recommend you use this fork as it is actively maintained:

github.com/OrangeDrangon/android-messages-desktop

innesst avatar Mar 09 '22 19:03 innesst

THis is not verified, so everyone oyu take a risk of this being malware or recording all your text messages.

jl2245 avatar Apr 01 '22 16:04 jl2245

Unclear what makes you think that this Chris Knepper version is malware free? And why an active fork would be more likely to have malicious code?

innesst avatar Apr 01 '22 17:04 innesst

Unclear what makes you think that this Chris Knepper version is malware free? And why an active fork would be more likely to have malicious code?

One installs in OSX with a developer being verified, the other does not, apps have to be submitted to apple for verification of code, others do not, that is why there is a difference.

jl2245 avatar Apr 01 '22 17:04 jl2245

Screen Shot 2022-04-01 at 12 55 06 PM This is what you see when you install Orange Dragons vs. Chris'

jl2245 avatar Apr 01 '22 17:04 jl2245

This is what you see when you install Orange Dragons vs. Chris'

All it means is the package isn't signed by the developer. Apple charges 💰💰💰 to be able to sign your packages. I don't imagine everyone is able to pay just to be able to release an app for Mac.

I scanned it several times and best I can tell it's safe to use. The code is open source if you're not sure see for yourself.

LanikSJ avatar Apr 04 '22 23:04 LanikSJ

yes, I switched to this after the no-texts bug. It has an added plus - you can use it and one other device on android messages web simultaneously!

anonymousaga avatar May 01 '22 18:05 anonymousaga

THis is not verified, so everyone oyu take a risk of this being malware or recording all your text messages.

You can clone https://github.com/OrangeDrangon/android-messages-desktop repository and build yourself from the source code if you don't trust released package

A yarn dist should be enough to build it

fernandomora avatar Jul 10 '22 20:07 fernandomora

Unclear what makes you think that this Chris Knepper version is malware free? And why an active fork would be more likely to have malicious code?

One installs in OSX with a developer being verified, the other does not, apps have to be submitted to apple for verification of code, others do not, that is why there is a difference.

Thank you for pointing this out. Your observations are valuable but please be considerate of the human being on the other side of the screen. Even hackers who make poor choices deserve your common decency. :)

dmgolembiowski avatar Nov 04 '22 00:11 dmgolembiowski