\n\n At the time I\u2019m writing this post, this bug is still happening, so you should be able to reproduce it. I reproduced it using two iPhones running iOS 18.5 RC. As long as your audio message contains the phrase \u201cDave and Buster\u2019s\u201d, the recipient will only see the \u201cdot dot dot\u201d animation for several seconds, and it will then eventually disappear. They will never get the audio message.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Years of dealing with HTML and XML mean that I correctly guessed why this was happening before reading\u2014it\u2019s my favorite punctuation symbol for a reason!\u2014but it\u2019s still a fun dive into how one of Apple\u2019s iOS security systems works.<\/p>\n
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