Authenticating and creating accounts on behalf of another user

An electronic device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute instructions stored in the memory for performing operations of:
• establishing a wireless data connection between the electronic device to be associated with a first account and a second device associated with a second account, wherein the first account differs from the second account;
• transmitting data from the electronic device to the second device, the data configured for verification by the second device identifying information for the electronic device;
• receiving, from the second device in response to the data, credentials for the electronic device, the credentials indicating trust of the electronic device by a first server;
• and
• authenticating the electronic device with a second server using the first account.

A method comprising:

• establishing a wireless data connection between a wireless accessory to be associated with a first account and an electronic device associated with a second account, wherein the first account differs from the second account;
• transmitting data from the wireless accessory to the electronic device, the data configured for verification by the electronic device identifying information for the wireless accessory;
• receiving, from the electronic device in response to the data, credentials for the wireless accessory, the credentials indicating trust of the wireless accessory by a first server;
• and
• authenticating the wireless accessory with a second server using the first account.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processors of an electronic device to perform operations comprising:

• establishing, by an application program, a wireless data connection between the electronic device and a wireless accessory;
• causing a prompt to be displayed for authentication credentials associated with a first account for the application program, wherein the first account is to be associated with the wireless accessory and the first account differs from a second account associated with the application program, the second account associated with the electronic device;
• transmitting, by the application program, authentication credentials for the first account to a first server;
• receiving, by the application program, an authentication response from the first server, wherein the authentication response indicates that the wireless accessory is trusted by the first server;
• and
• sending, by the application program, the authentication credentials to the wireless accessory to configure the wireless accessory to authenticate with a second server using the first account.