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seemoo-lab/openhaystack is an open source project licensed under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 which is an OSI approved license.

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Lost my wallet and now I'm pissed. Any selfhosted item tracker/finder recommendations?
reddit.com/r/selfhosted | 2021-05-05

Saw this the other day: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack
ARE AIRTAG CLONE OUT?
reddit.com/r/RepTronics | 2021-04-27
Can Air-tags be used to track people that use non-apple devices?
reddit.com/r/privacy | 2021-04-23

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack
Apple announces $29 AirTag, a new Tile-like item tracker
reddit.com/r/gadgets | 2021-04-20
Apple Announces AirTags Tracking Devices Starting At $29 Each
reddit.com/r/iphone | 2021-04-20

The "Find My" Bluetooth protocol was reverse engineered and the network can be used by any custom hardware. A determined stalker can just get an ESP32 or nRF51288 board and flash it with OpenHaystack. Or order an already prebuilt device from someone - it's very easy to make. Going to be a bit bulkier and there won't be UWB stuff in there for extra precision, but it won't beep.
Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences
news.ycombinator.com | 2021-04-07

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 create your own tracking tags that you can append to physical objects (keyrings, backpacks, ...) or integrate it into other Bluetooth-capable devices such as notebooks."
seemoo-lab/openhaystack - a framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's massive Find My network.
reddit.com/r/bag_o_news | 2021-03-19
OpenHaystack: a framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's massive Find My network
reddit.com/r/netsec | 2021-03-15
Tired of waiting for Apple AirTags? Check out OpenHaystack today
reddit.com/r/apple | 2021-03-04
OpenHaystack: Tracking Personal 'AirTags' via Apple's Find My Network
news.ycombinator.com | 2021-03-04

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...

news.ycombinator.com | 2021-03-04