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Re:What an attacker gets from Apple devices if they sniff Bl... by m463 on Friday July 26, 2019 @12:47AM (#20532416)
Apple does benefit from turning bluetooth on.

Your phone will locate and report bluetooth ibeacons, and allow apple to update their crowdsourced location databases.

The same thing with wifi (which has the same behavior in control panel)

It would have been SO SIMPLE to have a nicer pattern. short press to disconnect, long press to turn off.

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Re:What an attacker gets from Apple devices if they sniff Bl... by ilikehurdles on Friday July 26, 2019 @12:52AM (#20532434)
>It would have been SO SIMPLE to have a nicer pattern. short press to disconnect, long press to turn off.

Indeed, this is exactly what I expected would happen when I long pressed and I was disappointed when it didn’t. There are definitely times like this when Apple’s UX gets more credit than it deserves.

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