A screenshot of an early iMessage setup dialog showing that iMessage was a multiprotocol client.

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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 11:20:41 JST Cory Doctorow

   #AdversarialInteroperability is one of the most reliable ways to protect users from predatory corporations: it's when someone reverse-engineers a product to reconfigure or mod it (interoperability) in ways its users like, but which its manufacturer objects to (adversarial):

   https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability

   If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

   https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/07/blue-bubbles-for-all/#never-underestimate-the-determination-of-a-kid-who-is-time-rich-and-cash-poor

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