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…the issue in the first place. > 2. Is there an alternative to "Find My" that I can use with AirTag? https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack maybe? I haven't tried it.

comment by notemaker · 2026-10-10 · in Ask HN: My Apple ID is locked for a week, Apple is a single point of failure

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OpenHaystack is a framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices

story by Bluestein · 2026-09-13 · 0 comments

…correct entitlements? That certainly sounds like the wrong permissions. Ah, it was OpenHaystack: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack#installation

comment by mook · 2026-08-17 · in Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals

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OpenHaystack: Reverse-engineered Apple's Find My network

story by BrandiATMuhkuh · 2026-08-10 · 0 comments

…installed or use the FindMy network to send arbitrary data for your app's communication. [2] [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack [2] https://github.com/positive-security/send-my

comment by np1810 · 2025-04-02 · in Show HN: Offline SOS signaling+recovery app for disasters/wars

…precomputed (rainbow tables) because a large chunk of the address is a manufacturer code (OUI). [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by hackernudes · 2025-02-27 · in Turning a Bluetooth device into an Apple AirTag without root privileges

How does this differ from https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack Edit: It works without root. Follow up question: Can these discoveries improve openhaystack?

comment by internetter · 2025-02-27 · in Turning a Bluetooth device into an Apple AirTag without root privileges

…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.

comment by abalaji · 2025-01-27 · in Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth devices via Apple's network

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Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth devices via Apple's network

story by thunderbong · 2025-01-27 · 113 comments

…this [2] article. It’s worked flawlessly for ~2 years. [0] https://github.com/dakhnod/FakeTag [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack [2] https://hackaday.com/2022/05/30/check-your-mailbox-using-the...

comment by alphan0n · 2024-12-21 · in Query Apple's FindMy network with Python

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/?tab=readme-ov-fi... These won’t inform, I believe.

comment by l8rlump · 2024-12-20 · in A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

…no-one is investigating this unfair practice. See: https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2021-0045 and https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by denysvitali · 2024-08-24 · in Did you lose your AirPods?

There are a few projects for this. Check this out: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/tree/main/Firmwar...

comment by solarkraft · 2024-08-20 · in FindMy Flipper – AirTag and SmartTag Emulator

…but not to locate devices (which requires either macOS or a proxy server running on macOS)? [0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack?tab=readme-ov-fil... [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/tree/main/Firmwar...

comment by mintplant · 2024-08-19 · in FindMy Flipper – AirTag and SmartTag Emulator

You can, there's been ESP32 firmware out for years that does this: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/tree/main/Firmwar...

comment by rekoil · 2024-08-19 · in FindMy Flipper – AirTag and SmartTag Emulator

…to leverage Apple's "Find My" network with non-Apple devices by leveraging OpenHaystack [0]. [0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by windexh8er · 2024-07-31 · in macOS in QEMU in Docker

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OpenHaystack: Tracking your Bluetooth devices with Apple's "Find My" network

story by fanf2 · 2024-05-27 · 0 comments

There's some info about Apple's network here: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack?tab=readme-ov-fil... Seems like in theory you could do that, though there are definitely heuristics you could apply to detect those tags, depending on…

comment by IshKebab · 2024-05-13 · in Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android

…for low bandwidth data transfer from any point in the world with an occasionally nearby iPhone. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by FriedPickles · 2024-05-13 · in Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android

…can be used by non-Apple devices. OpenHaystack [0] has been working well for quite a while. [0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by windexh8er · 2023-12-06 · in Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

…in users can download any location report for a given public key. This is explained better here: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by Doe-_ · 2023-11-03 · in Keylogger leaks data via Apple AirTag network

…proves Apple aren't lying about anything because if they did then OpenHaystack wouldn't work. 1: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by rekoil · 2023-11-03 · in Apple: Android is a tracking device [pdf]

Check out https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by up6w6 · 2023-09-15 · in FindMyCat – Open-Source Pet Tracker

DIY Airtags: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by Berazu · 2023-08-15 · in Privacy friendly ESP32 smart doorbell with Home Assistant local integration

…just for that. Still not unthinkable. You can even build your own tracker for some apple's network: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by GekkePrutser · 2022-09-05 · in How the Apple AirTag became a stalker’s gift

…more about this: Secure Mobile Networking Lab has excellent information about how all this works: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack and its linked references.

comment by dividuum · 2022-04-26 · in Man uses AirTags and PowerPoint presentation to ask airline for his lost bags

Would be much easier to script that all out and have a single Bluetooth device. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack#how-to-track-othe...

comment by flatiron · 2022-03-10 · in Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by

…managed to reverse engineer the Apple "Find My" network/protocol to "make tour own airtag" : https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack This notably allow one to easily create a tracker that is silent and potentially smaller than an…

comment by maeln · 2022-02-11 · in I used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS tracker to watch my husband’s every move

…need to implement this, someone even made their own version of the entire Find My client long ago ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack ), so technically AOSP could even integrate using Find My, although I imagine Apples lawyers…

comment by rekoil · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking

…and maybe even incriminate other people by using the serial number of their authentic Airtag? [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/

comment by up6w6 · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking

…from iPhones by changing keys frequently and making it appear like multiple different AirTags. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/

comment by up6w6 · 2022-02-03 · in Silenced AirTags with disabled speakers are popping up for sale online

…worth mentioning that you can create your own custom tracker device that uses the Find My network. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/

comment by up6w6 · 2021-12-19 · in Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/ As the protocol is already reverse engineered you can actually just DIY a tracker even more unnoticeable than Airtags that generates new keys periodically to trick the Iphones into thinking it's…

comment by up6w6 · 2021-11-19 · in Woman discovers AirTag on her vehicle after receiving iPhone alert

…far. For work around the network you may be interested in OpenHaystack (custom trackers and client, https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack ) and Send My (custom messages over the network utilizing OpenHaystack,…

comment by solarkraft · 2021-05-17 · in Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's How to Turn It Off

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack#how-does-apples-f...

comment by maxwell · 2021-05-11 · in I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress

…devices from connecting to it without bricking AirTags. You can get a sense of the protocol here. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack

comment by Spivak · 2021-05-11 · in Amazon Sidewalk

I haven't tried this, but I did bookmark it in case I want to some weekend: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack "OpenHaystack is a framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's massive Find My network. Use it to…

comment by bigiain · 2021-04-08 · in Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences

You would have to flash their headphones with custom firmware to do this. Take a look at https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack#how-does-apples-f...

comment by bberenberg · 2021-03-04 · in OpenHaystack: Tracking Personal 'AirTags' via Apple's Find My Network

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OpenHaystack: Tracking Personal 'AirTags' via Apple's Find My Network

story by mstute · 2021-03-04 · 16 comments