The best time to turn off Bluetooth was 15 years ago. The second best time is now.
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Respects individuals’ privacy rights
LoL
On graphene (and maybe others I'm just unsure) you can set your Bluetooth and wifi to turn off automatically within a specified time of not being connected to those services. I have mine set to auto turn off within 5 minutes of not being connected to bluetooth or my homes wifi. Only "issue" this causes is when I don't realize it when I get home and forget to turn it back on. Usually an ad is my first clue since my network has a pihole and my mobile data does not.
Settings > Security and Privacy > Exploit Protection > Turn off Bluetooth or Wifi automatically
I was having trouble finding this on GOS and figured I'd share.
Mine says you have to have location turned on for this to work.
Hard pass.
Edit: this is for turn ON automatically. I don't see turn off automatically maybe because I'm not on the main profile.
Can't you use tasker to geofence an auto turn on of those when you're home?
Not very novel, just the scale and industrialisation is new
ust the scale and industrialisation is new
Agree.
I think what many ppl dont' get, at least a lot of my friends don't, is that scale and automation changes the whole game. Fundamentally. Deeply!
I have friends who say, you could always be seen walking down the street or w/e. Yes! But the ppl I pass didn't make a permanent record of everyhwere that every person went. Of everything they did. Every person they ever talk to. Everything they bought. The old man or child you pass on the street forgot you 3 seconds later!
It's the automation of it, at pop scale, that changes everything. The permanent recording of it.
When I go to a protest, my phone and smart watch stay home and I use cash for the bus fare. Always assume that you will be tracked by the bastards.
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