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Police Bluetooth advertising packets rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by ackshewally@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] sandalbucket@lemmy.world 61 points 5 months ago

This is cyberpunk as hell, and awesome.

Unfortunately apple does not expose mac addresses to apps, so iPhone users can’t do it :(

[-] trainwreck@lemm.ee 65 points 5 months ago

Is there anything iphones can do besides scroll social media? Every time I hear about some cool new capability of phones this caveat is always present.

[-] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 5 months ago

Falsely identify some meme in your gallery as CSAM and send you to feds

(partially /s)

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Complain about how blurry their 60 second video came through and blame it on android. I constantly explain how iMessage isn't texting, but there are plenty of ways to get the same abilities.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

You can use NRF Connect to scan for BLE beacons: https://apps.apple.com/fi/app/nrf-connect-for-mobile/id1054362403

[-] asbestos@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And rightfully so. Corporations will find every conceivable way to track you and no API will be left unused, including tracking MAC addresses of bluetooth devices around you, which is a relatively easy one.
However, you can absolutely allow an app to access that API so it can scan for those MACs.
Funny thing, as soon as the API is locked down and presented as an option to the user, companies stop using it since nobody wants to give bluetooth access to i.e. Facebook.