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I think it makes sense that you'd get banned if you did iMessage type abuse via jailbreak too. There just isn't some flag isJailbroken or something.
by judge2020 · Oct 24, 2026
> If that's true, wouldn't it be a good thing? It would be repealed. The Liberals will not be able to quickly reverse the legislation when that happens, and they may even be stu…
by EmbarrassedHelp · Oct 24, 2026
> Apple can easily detect the jailbreak and lock me out of anything iCloud, and iMessage and such. Don't sign into any of Apple services then! Just use it as a pure developer pl…
by mandeepj · Oct 23, 2026
It does not make sense for someone to lose faith in apple because someone else was able to run a modified imessage app. For apple to entertain this idea is to create more proble…
by tarpitt · Oct 23, 2026
Actually, no, I now remember this was about iMessage specifically and how it isn't completely isolated/runs as system service or sth? Or about the renderer? Which would mak…
by cromka · Oct 23, 2026
> even if I jailbreak my iOS and never let it update.. Apple can easily detect the jailbreak and lock me out of anything iCloud, and iMessage and such. As someone who's been jai…
by ValentineC · Oct 23, 2026
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iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple and launched on October 12, 2011. iMessage functions exclusively on Apple platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS. iMessage uses the Messages app client. Read more on Wikipedia