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Does this fall within Apple's policy of fair use? Would be great if there were an officially supported (paid) API for this, the technology and potential use cas

Does this fall within Apple's policy of fair use? Would be great if there were an officially supported (paid) API for this, the technology and potential use cases are great. I'm afraid hooking something like this up to my Apple ID will get me banned somehow.

leodriesch 5y ago
On Wikipedia it says that Find My is enabled for certain third-party accessories [0], so you could probably join if you wanted. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_My https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_My
tgtweak 5y ago
You are using other users' (mobile) bandwidth to do the transmission, and apples server resources to brute force/ddos request the data on the other side. I can't see them condoning this at all and simple not responding negatively to it could encourage this misuse. I would expect that kind of response from Apple.
2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
Why would you be afraid? According to HN Apple is not a monopoly and plenty of viable alternatives exist. /s
- dkarras 5y ago
  ...fearing losing access to your Apple ID has nothing to do with whether Apple is a monopoly or not (and of course, they are not).
- jonny_eh 5y ago
  I'd be afraid of losing my house, but it's not the only place I could live.