Where is that mentioned? I can't find that in the article
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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That is why we took our time when designing the new Find My Device, which uses a crowdsourced device-locating network to help you find your lost or misplaced devices and belongings quickly – even when they’re offline.
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The question is: when a phone is turned off is it really turned off? The amount of software that needs to be running to manage Bluetooth leds to to believe they simply kill all applications (including the UI) and most services and leave the kernel and a few other things running. I might be wrong, but I would like to see some clarification on that.
the new google massive surveillance apparatus is ready to be deployed
More like, already deployed, this is just the announcement.
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This is mostly Bluetooth LE so that you can use their new device finder network if your phone gets lost. Thieves often turn off the phone as the first step, so this may help a lot of people recover their devices.
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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.
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.
That's definitely true. We definitely need more people to care about their privacy as well.
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GrapheneOS w/o Google tools Schoulf be safe.
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,
If the Bluetooth module itself is still running, it will be trackable
If it works anything like Apple’s Find My (which it appears to do) then no you won’t be trackable.
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
You still can.
I’m just pointing out that your paranoia is out of ignorance, instead of a sound understanding of the technology.
*understanding of native English
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.
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