I had a distinct memory that `wifi survey` had stopped worki

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I had a distinct memory that `wifi survey` had stopped working on macos due to Apple changing the permissions around this Trying it just now I found that it works and `wifi networks` does not Is that expected And is there some entitlement or profile that can allow `wifi networks` to work

Mike Myers · Answer

<https github com osquery osquery issues 7206> looks like we ve just had it in our backlog

zwass · Answer

Ah thank you

seph · Answer

Generally apple has been locking down the various APIs that lead API data Mostly the `bssid` So that s going generally stop appearing wifi survey probably works aside from that There are a couple of apple system tools that leak the info We report them to Apple and they slowly get fixed

seph · Answer

I haven t chased down what permissions are needed I don t think there s a blanket entitlement There might be a way to prompt for it through the privacy settings

zwass · Answer

Ah so the `wifi survey` never stopped working besides for the `bssid`

seph · Answer

That s my understanding yes

zwass · Answer

Thanks for clarifying y all

seph · Answer

`wifi networks` looks liked a pretty simple fix but I could quite make it work in the c++ code and filed an issue instead of a PR

fritz · Answer

Iirc you were not mistaken earlier < zwass> there was a period where querying wifi survey resulted in a seg fault