Case study

Apple Wi-Fi Password Sharing: reconstructing the sharing protocol

Apple Wi-Fi Password Sharing reconstructs grantor and requestor behavior for Apple's Wi-Fi password-sharing protocol on macOS. Its Swift code handles BLE discovery and pairing, while a Python GATT relay on Linux supports the requestor role.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 18
Last commit: 2026-08-17
Language: Swift

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: macOS, Xcode or make, and libsodium.
Prerequisites: The requestor setup requires disabling AMFI to access an Apple ID certificate and running a GATT relay on a separate Linux machine.
Limits: The author describes the software as experimental, untested, and incomplete.
License: The included Python GATT relay is licensed under GPL-2.0; the repository has no top-level licence file.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{apple-wifi-password-sharing-case,
  title = {{Apple Wi-Fi Password Sharing: reconstructing the sharing protocol}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/seemoo-lab/wifi-password-sharing}},
  url = {https://github.com/seemoo-lab/wifi-password-sharing},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/apple-wifi-password-sharing-case/}}
}

Plain text

Apple Wi-Fi Password Sharing: reconstructing the sharing protocol. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/wifi-password-sharing (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/apple-wifi-password-sharing-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · seemoo-lab/wifi-password-sharing · Revision cb42d39
python-gatt-relay/README.md GitHub · seemoo-lab/wifi-password-sharing · Revision cb42d39