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Hey everyone! I'm the author of FindMy.py. I'd like to use this moment to give a shout-out to some other people that deserve way more credit than me, as the pro

Hey everyone! I'm the author of FindMy.py. I'd like to use this moment to give a shout-out to some other people that deserve way more credit than me, as the project definitely would not have existed without them. If this stuff interests you then please do check them out, there is a dedicated section in the project's README (https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py?tab=readme-ov-file#credits https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py?tab=readme-ov-file#cre...). If you have any questions, feel free to ask :-)

sneak 2y ago
Could you please include some usage examples in the README?
- malmeloo 2y ago
  There is an examples directory that covers basic usage: https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/tree/main/examples https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/tree/main/examples Official docs: https://docs.mikealmel.ooo/FindMy.py/ https://docs.mikealmel.ooo/FindMy.py/ I realize that the docs are rather empty right now; it takes a lot of time to turn my thoughts into text, which I do not really have at the moment. Contributions are welcome, of course ;-)
josephernest 2y ago
Congrats ! I don't have an iPhone or Mac. Can I buy an AirTag, initialize it with the help of a friend who has an iPhone, and then locate the AirTag or ring it from my PC with this Python lib?
- acer4666 2y ago
  I don't see how you would get the private key for the airtag off the iPhone without jailbreaking it. The readme of the project implies you can do this but the docs are completely lacking
  - malmeloo 2y ago
    Sorry for the lacking docs; this has just been a little side project of mine and isn't supposed to be ready for the large public yet. Hence why I'm not the original submitter :-) You don't need a jailbroken iPhone; a Mac or hackintosh should be sufficient. Some pointers to public discussions: - https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/4 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/4 - https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/31 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/31 In the long term I would like to be able to pull the shared secrets directly from the iCloud keychain without having to use a mac, but the reverse engineering efforts are not quite there yet.
- malmeloo 2y ago
  I responded to your other comment, but for other people who have the same question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42482974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42482974
notthetup 2y ago
Any idea why the latest version on pypa is 0.2.x. That seems like it was released a while ago.
- malmeloo 2y ago
  The latest version is 0.7.5: https://pypi.org/project/FindMy/ https://pypi.org/project/FindMy/
  - notthetup 2y ago
    Ah! I know what it is! https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/blob/main/pyproject.toml#L10 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/blob/main/pyproject.to... I've Python 3.13.1, so it drops down and installs FindMy 0.2.x
    - malmeloo 2y ago
      Oops sorry, that's unintentional. I've fixed this in the source, the next pypi release should support 3.13.

sneak 2y ago

Could you please include some usage examples in the README?

malmeloo 2y ago
There is an examples directory that covers basic usage: https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/tree/main/examples https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/tree/main/examples Official docs: https://docs.mikealmel.ooo/FindMy.py/ https://docs.mikealmel.ooo/FindMy.py/ I realize that the docs are rather empty right now; it takes a lot of time to turn my thoughts into text, which I do not really have at the moment. Contributions are welcome, of course ;-)

josephernest 2y ago

Congrats ! I don't have an iPhone or Mac. Can I buy an AirTag, initialize it with the help of a friend who has an iPhone, and then locate the AirTag or ring it from my PC with this Python lib?

acer4666 2y ago
I don't see how you would get the private key for the airtag off the iPhone without jailbreaking it. The readme of the project implies you can do this but the docs are completely lacking
- malmeloo 2y ago
  Sorry for the lacking docs; this has just been a little side project of mine and isn't supposed to be ready for the large public yet. Hence why I'm not the original submitter :-) You don't need a jailbroken iPhone; a Mac or hackintosh should be sufficient. Some pointers to public discussions: - https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/4 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/4 - https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/31 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/issues/31 In the long term I would like to be able to pull the shared secrets directly from the iCloud keychain without having to use a mac, but the reverse engineering efforts are not quite there yet.
malmeloo 2y ago
I responded to your other comment, but for other people who have the same question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42482974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42482974

notthetup 2y ago

Any idea why the latest version on pypa is 0.2.x. That seems like it was released a while ago.

malmeloo 2y ago
The latest version is 0.7.5: https://pypi.org/project/FindMy/ https://pypi.org/project/FindMy/
- notthetup 2y ago
  Ah! I know what it is! https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/blob/main/pyproject.toml#L10 https://github.com/malmeloo/FindMy.py/blob/main/pyproject.to... I've Python 3.13.1, so it drops down and installs FindMy 0.2.x
  - malmeloo 2y ago
    Oops sorry, that's unintentional. I've fixed this in the source, the next pypi release should support 3.13.