Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBeeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation - Android Authoritywww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareDreadPotato@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down6·11 months agoReverse engineering an API is not illegal
minus-squareEvilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·11 months agoReverse engineering it is not, sure. And Beeper could do that and run their own messaging service with their own infrastructure running their reverse engineered version.
minus-squareLinuxSBC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down18·11 months agoAnd that’s what they’re doing.
Reverse engineering an API is not illegal
Reverse engineering it is not, sure. And Beeper could do that and run their own messaging service with their own infrastructure running their reverse engineered version.
And that’s what they’re doing.