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But they didn't reverse engineer anything, afaik. Their Android app is just talking to a Mac Mini somewhere in a closet, logged in with the users Apple account
by askonomm 3y ago
But they didn't reverse engineer anything, afaik. Their Android app is just talking to a Mac Mini somewhere in a closet, logged in with the users Apple account (or so was stated in one of the interviews).
- nicolaslem 3y agoDoes anyone know how many users a single Mac Mini handles? While I admire the hacker mindset, this solution seems incredibly wasteful so I am curious of its carbon footprint.
- ChrisLTD 3y agoWhy does it seem so wasteful?
- nicolaslem 3y agoBecause I assume that Apple put a fairly low limit on the number of accounts that can be tied to a single computer.
- oefrha 3y agoOkay, automating Apple account logins on a fleet of macOS VMs is still rarely treaded territory, so it takes some real technical chops, even if it’s mostly stitching together other people’s work. TLS termination on the hand takes <1hr following a guide, if you haven’t done it hundreds of times before…
- chrisandchris 3y agoNaah, if I would to attempt it my first try would be something like VNC (out of the box support) and Automator (out of the box support), or then some other tool to control mouse & keyboard. The hardest part is probably keeping the duct-tapped stuff running.
- JamesSwift 3y agoHow are you keeping all those sessions updated in real time? How are you parsing messages sent from others to be able to forward them to the user? How are you handling 'reactions' and 'threaded replies' and attachments? You are dismissing a very hard problem with handwaving.