So… as I understand it… this is about Bluetooth beacons. Bluetooth, it to require locations because if you passed by a beacon and an app is registered to the O

So… as I understand it… this is about Bluetooth beacons. Bluetooth, it to require locations because if you passed by a beacon and an app is registered to the OS to watch it, that that is the same as reporting your location. Your phone said “hey, app that the user installed, you know that BLE device you told me to watch for? Saw it just now!” So it’s not it doesn’t make sense. Bluetooth low energy can be used to determine your location so you should have to give it permission. The problem is… No one knows this. It’s not even like there’s a solvable problem, because you don’t have to be using the Bluetooth low energy beacon format for this, you just need to be able to scan for advertising BLE devices which the OS does all time. Remember the rush to turn Covid Tracking on (Covid is over, but those changes aren’t going away). This is how Tile and the Apple Tags that killed them work. Those are just roaming beacons. Tons of apps that you install for major retailers, Home Depot, Target, Walmart, Best Buy all know exactly when you walk in the store if you have their app on an location services given into it. Don’t install apps. Not unless you have to. Then questionable permissions aren’t an issue.