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Re:Did you lose your AirPods? by 72736379 on Friday August 23, 2024 @09:12PM (#41334691)
I'm not the author but my guess is that the API returns whether the number is registered with iMessage or not- like if you type in a number in a new text message it shows whether the message you're sending will be an iMessage or a text message. Don't think the author was spamming random numbers.
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Re:Did you lose your AirPods? by radeeyate on Friday August 23, 2024 @09:24PM (#41334754)
The author said that they scripted sending the messages to those numbers on their Mac rather than using something like Twilio.
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Re:Did you lose your AirPods? by schrodinger on Friday August 23, 2024 @11:34PM (#41335355)
That’s after screening to see if the number was linked to iMessage —- ie a valid iPhone attached to the number. That’s what that lookup service did. Then they scripted messaging the numbers that worked.
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Re:Did you lose your AirPods? by hk__2 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @05:16AM (#41336769)
Yes, and after screening they had 84 recipients to contact.
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