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I'd say it's more about how thieves have started to use bluetooth scanners to determine if something very valuable is in your car. If they can tell a macbook is
by altec3 7y ago
I'd say it's more about how thieves have started to use bluetooth scanners to determine if something very valuable is in your car. If they can tell a macbook is in your car, but your glovebox, center console or trunk are locked, they'll go to extra lengths to break into them.
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoCan you get a bluetooth signal from a MacBook when its sleeping?
- gnicholas 7y agoI believe you can, but not when it’s off. It may depend on your sleep settings (“wake for network activity” or “power nap”). I’m not an expert though — just my recollection.
- president 7y agoAlso "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" in Bluetooth settings.
- MrQuincle 7y agoThen, would the computer not need to listen rather than broadcast? PS: I know quite a lot about Bluetooth, although mostly about BLE. I don't see a reason why the device should be broadcasting anything. If it is scanning for BLE devices it can do "passive scanning". Is this about ordinary Bluetooth and is that different? PS 2: Why is this different for Wifi? When a device is not connected to Wifi it sends probe requests for access points. My intuition would blame Wifi rather than Bluetooth. However, perhaps I don't know enough about old-fashioned Bluetooth. Or the device manufacturers have implementations that do not make sense from a privacy/security perspective.
- vorpalhex 7y agoBluetooth hosts aren't entirely passive as I understand it.
- snarfy 7y agoYes according to the article.