This is true. There is however, a way to explicitly state that the app does not use the bluetooth scans for location: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics

This is true. There is however, a way to explicitly state that the app does not use the bluetooth scans for location: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth/permissions#assert-never-for-location https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/blue... However, this would depend on the good will of the developer, as the end-user does not know whether this flag is set or not -- as far as I can tell.