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Android 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off. (security.googleblog.com)

submitted 7 months ago by trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I saw this on infinity for Reddit earlier, I don't know if there's a workaround for this or not.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 71 points 7 months ago (4 children)

According to the posted link, the network can be turned off entirely if you wish, and you could just not use Google Play Services on your device, and that should also stop this.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS w/o Google tools Schoulf be safe.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It appears to require a Google account to do the tracking. So yeah, without Google services, you should be perfectly safe. Since you have no Google account registered on device and no services that run rogue in the background,

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If the Bluetooth module itself is still running, it will be trackable

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 14 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it works anything like Apple’s Find My (which it appears to do) then no you won’t be trackable.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You still can.

I’m just pointing out that your paranoia is out of ignorance, instead of a sound understanding of the technology.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

*understanding of native English

[–] Kir@feddit.it 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While I like those options, they are definitely not for everyone. Those problems are collective, protecting the privacy of 1% of the population is as good as protecting nobody.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely true. We definitely need more people to care about their privacy as well.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

I think a growing number of "normal" people do, they are just less willing to make sacrifices for it than the types of people who populate this community, for example.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah, you can totally turn it off. 🤫😉

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

On, that's fine. I wouldn't install that shit on my phone anyway.

As long as it's not in AOSP, no problem