> SMS access is used to send an SMS text message from your number to Apple’s “Gateway” service. The gateway sends a response via SMS, and the contents from that SMS response are sent to Apple to register your phone number as a blue bubble. Your SMS chat history is also used to determine if any of your recent SMS chats were with people who have iPhones. If so, these chats are shown in the inbox.

Does this mean that Apple is sent the phone number of every person you have ever sent or received an SMS with?

Very cool program, by the way. It’s refreshing to see a company take privacy seriously.