Re: Tutorial: Query the Apple database with Python for your access point BSSID

Mario Tomasella wrote:
> On 06/12/2025 17:55, Marian wrote:
>> All my tutorials use freeware so that EVERYONE can use them, but I
>> wrote this tutorial before I found out about this Apple WPS query:
> 
> What is the Apple WPS query?

It's a query of a massive public database which has absolutely no control 
over who queries that database, which has been decried by security pros.
 <https://wavedigger.networksurvey.app/?tab=bssid>

If you find your BSSID in that database, even if you have _nomap appended 
to your SSID, you might have a legal/moral/ethical case against Apple.

> Why is your tutorial not more comprehensive? 

I'm working on a separate tutorial for querying the equally massive Google 
WPS database, but it has registration controls so not everyone can do it.

> How can I use the WPS query on Windows 10 or 11? 

Every single step necessary was posted where those steps only work on 
Windows, but we could test the same steps as you mainly need python.

> When talking about Apple devices, could you also specify which one you 
> are referring to? Apple makes lots of different devices, so your WPS 
> query might not be relevant to all of them without significant 
> modifications and bug testing.

Apple mobile devices upload the unique BSSID & SSID & GPS location & 
signal strength & timestamp, etc., of every device within radio range.

In fact, I found my own SSID, which is set to be both hidden broadcast (so 
the broadcast packets only contain my BSSID) and opted out (with _nomap)
in Apple's highly insecure public database available to anyone world wide.

That's a legal, moral & ethical privacy flaw in the Apple WPS database.