Apple Blocks Beeper Mini Android App Citing Security Concerns

The move draws political attention as Beeper vows to restore functionality and offers to share its codebase for security review.

Apple has blocked Beeper Mini, an Android app that enabled users to send and receive iMessages, citing significant security and privacy risks.
Beeper Mini, launched by Beeper, a company founded by Pebble smartwatch creator Eric Migicovsky, reverse-engineered Apple's iMessage protocol to allow Android phones to appear as iPhones to the iMessage system.
Apple's move to block Beeper Mini has drawn attention from US politicians, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, who accused Apple of 'protecting profits by squashing competitors'.
Beeper Mini's shutdown follows Apple's blocking of other third-party apps that attempted to enable iMessage on Android, such as Sunbird and Nothing Chats.
Beeper has stated that it is working to restore Beeper Mini's functionality and has offered to share its entire codebase with a mutually agreed upon third-party security research firm for analysis.