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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper
Date: 27 Jan 2024 16:02:54 GMT
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On 2024-01-27, Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 27.01.24 09:00, Patrick wrote:
>> Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper
>> https://9to5google.com/2024/01/26/beeper-imessage-disabled-apple-ban/
>> 
>> To recap what's happened with Beeper thus far, Beeper Mini debuted in
>> December with a reverse-engineered method of accessing iMessage with
>> or without an Apple ID from Android phones. Apple shut down the
>> method in part just days later, and vowed to keep it from working
>> going forward citing "significant risks to user security and
>> privacy." Beeper managed to get things working again, but Apple's
>> efforts continued to prevent full functionality. By the end of
>> December, Beeper had launched a final attempt to keep the app on
>> Android (and other platforms) alive using registration codes obtained
>> from Macs as well as jailbroken iPhones.
>> 
>> That last effort was a hurdle for many, but worked without any big
>> problems for a little while.
>> 
>> But earlier this month, a trend started to emerge among Beeper users
>> where Apple was banning their purchased Macs from iMessage after
>> setting up a connection with Beeper. Apple flagged Macs as "spam,"
>> preventing the Macs from sending iMessage through Beeper or even
>> Apple's own Messages app on the machines. Apple IDs, though, were
>> unaffected, with iMessage still working on iPhone and iPad.
>> 
>> In an update on Twitter/X, Beeper explains that 30 of the 3,500
>> customers using the new iMessage bridge were affected in this way. In
>> the time since, though, Apple seems to have unbanned the affected
>> Macs, not-so-ironically just two days after a reporter from The New
>> York Times reached out to the company on the matter.
>
> WTF cares?

Butt hurt Android users who harbor a deep hatred for the color green.

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