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To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Piece_Maker 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

So it's more of a federation thing between services?

yeah, I guess you could call it that.