I live in a big city in the center. When i activate “Show bluetooth devices without names” in the developer settings of my android 13 phone, there appear loads of this devices. I have no clue what they are. Does anyone know? Are that the bluetooth nanobots of the vaxxinated people? (/s to last question!)

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    1 year ago

    That’s how it’s expected to work, yes. As does Samsung SmartTags, and Tiles. These tracking devices (that we purchase and opt-in for) are a net positive in most cases. How else would we expect them to work if not for Bluetooth beacons (and UWB)?

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      1 year ago

      When you buy a new iPhone, is the location tracking “Find My” feature enabled by default, or do you need to turn it off if you don’t want your phone to upload other people’s location data to Apple while draining your battery?

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        Yes, it is turned on by default. You can opt-out if you’d like. Here’s a pretty good article that covers it all: https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/

        Samsung SmartTags “Find” network is opt-in, which stagnated the growth of their network.

        Tile’s network is naturally opt-in as it requires us to install the app, and therefore has the lowest coverage from my understanding.

        I recall seeing the following approximate numbers:

        • Apple: 1,000,000,000
        • Samsung: 300,000,000
        • Tile: 35,000,000

        Battery and data usage are negligible.