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abalaji on Jan 27, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth de...

Looking through the code, it looks like this uses your personal Apple Mail entitlements to pull the locations that get collected by devices on the FindMy network:

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/blob/8d214aa5eb68...

I wonder if this were also possible by making an Apple developer account.

denysvitali on Jan 27, 2025 [–]

There are versions that do not require the interaction with Apple Mail.

All you need is an Apple account - the code doesn't have to run on Apple HW: https://github.com/biemster/FindMy

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