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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: 0.209s | source
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re ◴[22 Dec 24 00:38 UTC] No.42483525[source]▶
From a quick skim of the repository, it looks like this is only for accessories/devices that you own. I hope that this is the case, and that it doesn't work for the "Find My Friends" functionality.

I'm okay sharing my location with trusted people so that they can occasionally manually check where I currently am. I don't like the idea of them theoretically being able to automatically record my location and build a complete history of my movements over time.

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1. malmeloo ◴[22 Dec 24 01:12 UTC] No.42483684[source]▶
You're right, locating friends is not currently supported. I would assume that this feature is implemented by simply sharing your device's (already recorded) latest location ping with your friends, in which case this is also currently out of scope for the project - the library only intends to interact with the "other-devices-find-my-device" network in order to be account-agnostic.

On a separate thought, if Apple has not taken concerns such as the one you portrayed into account when designing Find My Friends then I would suggest not using the system altogether. At that point it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to extract the data. But that's an entirely different story and a personal consideration you'll have to make.