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Anyone managing airtags from Linux? (discuss.online)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34586015

Curious on suggestions for airtags, or similar, for tracking important things on flights or other cases where losing the specific item would be too much of a financial / sentimental loss. Anyone doing this from Linux, or from graphene? How is it?

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

afaik airtags are apple-proprietary, so someone would need to reverse-engineer them first. that's probably not a small ask. i haven't personally looked into it though, so here's hoping! 🤞

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The system was reverse-engineered almost as soon as it was released. You can do the reverse of what OP is asking using OpenHaystack (track a non-Apple device using Apple's Find My Network).

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    It looks like they have an Android app which means a Linux app could exist, and wouldn't that do exactly what OP wants to do?

    Edit: Looks like it might depend on Apple Mail. I wonder how the apps work. It must need to be running on a Mac somewhere or something?

    Edit: Yup, that's exactly it, needs to be running on a Mac.

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