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minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoYou don’t need to be in pairing mode for Bluetooth to be able to track you. That’s not how beacons work. https://www.inpixon.com/technology/standards/bluetooth-low-energy
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoBeacons don’t track you. You track the beacons. That’s why they’re called beacons. The article is claiming beacons (or other bluetooth devices) could track you if your device was in pairing mode, which is not a real scenario.
You don’t need to be in pairing mode for Bluetooth to be able to track you. That’s not how beacons work.
https://www.inpixon.com/technology/standards/bluetooth-low-energy
Beacons don’t track you. You track the beacons. That’s why they’re called beacons. The article is claiming beacons (or other bluetooth devices) could track you if your device was in pairing mode, which is not a real scenario.