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Query Apple's FindMy network with Python

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376 points nkko | 7 comments | 21 Dec 24 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.461s | source | bottom
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pixelmonkey ◴[21 Dec 24 15:17 UTC] No.42480134[source]▶
This looks great. If this Python implementation of the FindMy API actually works, it would be a major technology quality-of-life improvement for me. I hope Apple lets it stay alive.

Everyone who shares location with me does so over Find My, and my family insists on using AirTags. As a 100% desktop Linux and mobile Android user, it is one of the few things that I always need to remote in to my Mac Mini to access because there are no x-platform FindMy apps and the FindMy iCloud web app does not have feature parity to the macOS and iOS apps. One of a long list of offenses where Apple refuses to make things easy for x-platform friend groups and families. Very annoying.

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1. fluidcruft ◴[21 Dec 24 17:09 UTC] No.42480805[source]▶
One that really annoys me is inability to monitor/control my kid's device useage and time limits.
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3. fluidcruft ◴[21 Dec 24 18:03 UTC] No.42481117[source]▶
Unless you are arguing that the feature should be removed from iOS and macOS devices, it is entirely a technical issue. Me preferring to use an Android device rather than an iPhone is not a parenting issue.
4. amit9gupta ◴[21 Dec 24 18:21 UTC] No.42481243[source]▶
Possible in the apple ecosystem. If the kids are part of a "familly", you can monitor / control using Parental Controls accessed from your iPhone > Settings > Screen Time.

Also checkout firewalla https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008214094-Ac...

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5. alwa ◴[21 Dec 24 18:29 UTC] No.42481280[source]▶
It sounds like the gp’s objection might be that they’d like for their children to use iPhone and its parental controls, but they themselves would prefer to use other platforms to manage the supervision features. As far as I know, you do in fact have to be within the apple ecosystem to manage the ScreenTime features as you suggest.

Firewalla looks really thoughtfully designed! I’m glad to be aware of it.

6. fluidcruft ◴[21 Dec 24 18:53 UTC] No.42481436[source]▶
I actually have Firewalla (it's great!). But it's only helpful when a kid's phone is connected to the network itself (which they can escape easily by disconnecting from wifi). The native stuff works on all networks.
7. cjrp ◴[21 Dec 24 22:42 UTC] No.42482925[source]▶
I’ve always thought their implementation of this is pretty poor. Lots of granular options but it’s difficult to cover all bases.