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		radeeyate on Aug 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did you lose your AirPods? The author said that they scripted sending the messages to those numbers on their Mac rather than using something like Twilio.

schrodinger on Aug 24, 2024 | [–]

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.

hk__2 on Aug 24, 2024 | | [–]

Yes, and after screening they had 84 recipients to contact.

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