> get the majority of legitimate Mac and iOS devices banned. Apple will then have to consider other options.

Compromising others’ accounts and devices, without their permission, seems to clearly cross the line from civil fiddling to criminal behaviour. At the very least, if my device were impacted like this, I would point my finger at the perpetrator, not Apple.

I actually think this is a decent idea. Worst case it causes global service disruption which would reveal some pretty serious security flaws with iMessage.

All the hackers have to do is make sure they don't get arrested under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and get thrown in jail for 20 years!

So the thought process is to break Messages for innocent parties.

That sounds like a great way to get people on your side.

Would this be with or without the consent of those devices’ owners?

That’s awful.

That’s a pretty stupid plan in my opinion.

So that project's plan is to distribute malware then?