Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step...
by andrewmcwatters on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:07AM
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They can also false positive your account, which I’ve personally seen. It’s incredible because the software doesn’t tell you what’s going on. The backend just rejects you.
Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step...
by turquoisevar on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:09PM
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I’m sure false positives happen, that’s inevitable. Them not telling you anything other than to contact CS is pretty standard practice.
You don’t want malicious actors that are poking and prodding to take notes.
But CS tends to be pretty friendly about it, even when you clearly tried to pass off a BS serial as real, so there’s that.
Apple essentially uses a scoring model. The legitimacy of your device is only one part of the score; your Apple ID and its history and standing is another. Those and other factors are calculated into a score, and if you meet the threshold, you can use iMessage. Think of it as a credit score.
Before the Beeper saga, I haven’t looked into it since Hackintosh users have found that Apple will allow you to use iMessage with clearly spoofed device attributes as long as your Apple ID is in good standing and not brand new.
Why they did is anyone’s guess.
The leading theory has always been that, based on your Apple ID activity, they considered you a valuable customer. They didn’t think it was worth the hassle and potential backlash to block you despite using spoofed device attributes.
But it’s just that, a theory. And nothing is stopping Apple from tweaking its score threshold.