trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoAndroid 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off.security.googleblog.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down136file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkAndroid 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off.security.googleblog.comtrippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoIf the Bluetooth module itself is still running, it will be trackable
minus-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoThe article did not say specifically how it was getting added to Android 15, because if it’s in AOSP, then yeah, there’s definitely a problem. But if it’s in Google Play Services, which seems likely, then it would not be as big of an issue.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoIf it works anything like Apple’s Find My (which it appears to do) then no you won’t be trackable.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·8 months agoI don’t care. I want to be able to disable Bluetooth completely. If Android (even AOSP) doesn’t let me, it’s dead for me
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·8 months agoYou still can. I’m just pointing out that your paranoia is out of ignorance, instead of a sound understanding of the technology.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months ago*understanding of native English
If the Bluetooth module itself is still running, it will be trackable
The article did not say specifically how it was getting added to Android 15, because if it’s in AOSP, then yeah, there’s definitely a problem. But if it’s in Google Play Services, which seems likely, then it would not be as big of an issue.
If it works anything like Apple’s Find My (which it appears to do) then no you won’t be trackable.
I don’t care. I want to be able to disable Bluetooth completely. If Android (even AOSP) doesn’t let me, it’s dead for me
You still can.
I’m just pointing out that your paranoia is out of ignorance, instead of a sound understanding of the technology.
*understanding of native English