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The color of the bubble is, at least partially, a security feature for me. When it’s blue, I am certain there is a person on the other end, not a bot, spammer,

• pishpash 2y ago
  Except it guarantees nothing of the sort.
  • borski 2y ago
    Say more.
    • notpushkin 2y ago
      There are ways to send iMessages programmatically. Apple does check for spam, but it’s not foolproof. And of course, it won’t help you against a targeted attack.
      • borski 2y ago
        https://support.apple.com/en-us/118246 https://support.apple.com/en-us/118246
        • Rohansi 2y ago
          How exactly does any of this prevent people from sending spam to you?
      • dwaite 2y ago
        I can count the total automated iMessage spams I've received on one hand. I can't do that with automated SMS spam I received in the last 24 hours. So yes, not foolproof.
      • calmworm 2y ago
        If there are ways, please share any documentation you have on it. I haven't found anything useful, myself.
        • notpushkin 2y ago
          I didn’t research it that much, but a good place to start would be AirMessage [1] or Mautrix [2]. Both of these require a Mac to work – it might work on a Hackintosh, though, or maybe using same tricks those forks of OpenHaystack use to run without a Mac (no pointers here, sorry). Hope this helps! [1]: https://github.com/airmessage/airmessage-server https://github.com/airmessage/airmessage-server [2]: https://github.com/mautrix/imessage https://github.com/mautrix/imessage
          • calmworm 2y ago
            Thank you.
  • calmworm 2y ago
    Care to explain or provide any source for this?