Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper

From	Patrick <patrick@oleary.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject	Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper
Date	2024-01-27 02:00 -0600
Organization	rocksolid2 (novabbs.org)
Message-ID	<up2d6e$212od$1@novabbs.org> (permalink)

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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.

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Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Patrick <patrick@oleary.com> - 2024-01-27 02:00 -0600
  Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-01-27 09:11 +0100
    Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-27 16:02 +0000
      Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Nick Charles <the.thin@man> - 2024-01-27 11:51 -0500
        Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2024-01-27 14:43 -0500
          Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-27 20:21 +0000
          Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-27 15:28 -0500
            Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-01-28 09:54 +1300
              Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-27 23:01 +0000
            Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-27 23:00 +0000
            Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-27 19:59 -0500
              Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-28 02:36 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-28 09:44 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-28 21:40 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-30 08:59 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-30 13:22 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-30 12:15 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-30 15:54 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-30 15:51 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-31 03:17 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-30 21:53 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-31 15:35 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 17:32 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-31 14:56 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-31 23:01 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 18:52 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 02:03 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-01-31 22:56 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 19:05 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 02:06 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 22:02 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-31 19:41 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 05:25 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-01 01:06 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 15:51 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-02 13:13 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-03 01:07 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-03 05:31 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-03 17:16 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-28 09:54 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-01-29 02:43 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-29 11:11 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-01-29 20:35 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-29 13:30 -0800
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-01-30 09:29 +0100
      Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Gabriel Coan <coan.gabriel@icloud.com> - 2024-01-28 12:16 -0500
        Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-01-28 14:46 -0500
          Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-01-29 02:55 +0000
      Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-01-30 09:32 +0100

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