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I set this up a few months ago as an experiment. Worked pretty well until I discovered that for iMessage to work, the application phones home to Apple using you
by oldandboring 2y ago
I set this up a few months ago as an experiment. Worked pretty well until I discovered that for iMessage to work, the application phones home to Apple using your hardware IDs, and this project uses fake values. At that point I started spiraling down the Great Waterslide of Nope, slowly discovering that the fake values are flagged by Apple and they will, as a consequence, flag your iCloud ID as a potential spammer, limiting your access from other devices. Your only option is to use a hardware ID generator script they vaguely link out to, and you can just keep trying values until you find one that "works", but there's not actually a good signal that you found one that works and isn't harming your iCloud reputation.
Worked really great otherwise, though. Very useful in a pinch.
- nixpulvis 2y agoPro tip: In general, don’t use your main iCloud account (or other accounts) for security research.
- judge2020 2y agoThe "keep cycling HWIDs until one works" thing was also common to get Hackintosh iMessage to work, you'd be able to check if it works by going to checkcoverage.apple.com. I quickly realized it's easier to copy the Serial from a old but real Mac. But I think this tool is more useful for things like build scripts (that rely on proprietary macOS frameworks) more than it is for actually using it like a personal computer.
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