Apple puts the kibosh on the Beeper app of sending iMessages on Android devices

A few companies have tried to find ways to make iMessage work outside Apple’s purview. Beeper succeeded, but Apple fought back, reports The Verge.

A few days after the team at Beeper announced a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly from their Android devices without any weird relay servers, and about 24 hours after it became clear Apple had taken steps to shut that down, the tech giant shared this statement with The Verge:

At Apple, we build our products and services with industry-leading privacy and security technologies designed to give users control of their data and keep personal information safe. We took steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage. These techniques posed significant risks to user security and privacy, including the potential for metadata exposure and enabling unwanted messages, spam, and phishing attacks. We will continue to make updates in the future to protect our users.