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Apple re-enables Bluetooth on every OS update on purpose
- packetpocketsoc 4y agoHow else can they location track you with location services disabled?
- tinus_hn 4y agoApple cannot ‘location track you’ using Bluetooth. How do you imagine that’d work?
- vdqtp3 4y agoYeah, next he'll be telling us he's getting stalked by "tracking chips" from Apple that use Bluetooth. How ridiculous, right? /s
- sli 4y agoNot claiming they do it, but it seems quite possible to triangulate a coarse location via Bluetooth using other phones with their location services enabled. I tinkered with something similar in college, just using little BLE beacons intended for this kind of thing instead of phones.
- apahwa 4y agoThis is not new or secret. first result on Google https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluet...
- tinus_hn 4y agoThat’s third parties, not Apple, tracking people in a way that was blocked by Apple years ago. Apple devices rotate their Bluetooth MAC address regularly so they cannot be identified from the beacons.
- JobNoMore 4y agoSeems pretty obvious why, no need for such a click bait reaction. Keyboards and mouses connect via Bluetooth and accidentally turning these off can basically lock you out of your machine. I like this approach and agree with it.
- ziddoap 4y agoPresumably a user who has gone out of their way to "permanently" turn off that connectivity doesn't need that connectivity to access their devices. Edit: Also, I went into this awhile ago on another topic, but what is "click-bait" about this? How would you suggest the author titles this blog post about Apple re-enabling Bluetooth on OS update, other than titling it "Apple re-enables Bluetooth on every OS update on purpose"? Is the "on purpose" part the click-bait part?
- giuliomagnifico 4y agoAnd on a laptop?