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Query Apple's FindMy network with Python

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378 points nkko | 1 comments | 21 Dec 24 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.365s | source
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Havoc ◴[21 Dec 24 14:44 UTC] No.42479967[source]▶
What are the chance that this keeps working long term?

Sounds awesome & makes airtags more appealing, but if apple is just going to shut it down next week then less so

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stonegray ◴[21 Dec 24 15:49 UTC] No.42480311[source]▶
Changing the underlying find my network to break this would be challenging if not impossible while keeping the privacy protections in place. Apple can’t identify devices sending data to find my, and doesn’t log requests. Short of changes that would break compatibility with older devices it should be relatively stable.

OpenHaystack has been doing this for a few years now and Apple has made no efforts to restrict it.

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1. malmeloo ◴[21 Dec 24 20:33 UTC] No.42482091[source]▶
You're correct in saying that it would be challenging for them to overhaul the entire network, but this library directly makes API calls to Apple's servers to request location reports. So while the tags would likely keep working, they could totally block the library or your account if they really wanted to.