• NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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    4 hours ago

    So you have to leave bluetooth on, which means your device is broadcasting an active bluetooth signal.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html

    If any random shop can use any phone’s active bluetooth to track and profile every user that’s i side or nearby, I don’t want to have bluetooth active when in public. Genuinely not worth it just to fi d some glasshole pervert when my own eyes can do the job without giving away any more of my data. That’s what I’m on about.

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      30 minutes ago

      So you have to leave Bluetooth on

      No, you can spot a weirdo turn blue tooth on and confirm it, then turn it off.

      Look, I don’t think this app is for someone like you.

      • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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        24 minutes ago

        Oh I know it isn’t, because I trust google as far as I can throw a datacenter.

        But I’m still struggling to see the use of an app that makes you stop and go “let me ask my app to turn on my remote connection feature and search to see if this person is wearing the pervert glasses.” instead of using my eyes and going “That guy looks like he’s wearing pervert glasses, I’m leaving the area.”