To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
Meta today is offering more details about how it plans to make its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger, interoperable with third-party messaging
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Does this mean third party apps will be able to interact with whatsapp?
only when the service specifically requests it and agrees to Whatsapp's terms.
Nice, portable privacy violations
So I [in theory, I don't know how to start with this on a technical level] could make a third-party Signal-compatible app, but allow it to connect to Whatsapp instead of Signal? Even if I can't use my Signal account to contact Whatsapp people, that's still potentially useful. Although I imagine the terms I'd have to agree to to do so would be full of nonsense that stops this being remotely feasible.
could make a third-party Signal-compatible app, but allow it to connect to Whatsapp instead of Signal?
you'd have to create a messaging service, not just a client.
I guess I'm misunderstanding here - I thought Whatsapp would be the "service" in my case, I'm just making a client to hook into their, presumably open [to people who agree to whatever their terms are] API. So it's more of a federation thing between services?
So it's more of a federation thing between services?
yeah, I guess you could call it that.