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Yes, the question is how to permanently restrict the attack surface / time windows for audio and video surveillance attacks.
Instead of Bluetooth defaulting to on, and re-enabling itself next day if you turn it off from the control center, I'd like for Bluetooth to default to off. You'd have to enable it from the control center, and it would disable itself after a certain period of inactivity. I suppose that won't happen, as it would wreck the Find My network if it depends solely on Bluetooth.
Not that elegant of course, but sort of makes it possible.
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Instead of Bluetooth defaulting to on, and re-enabling itself next day if you turn it off from the control center, I'd like for Bluetooth to default to off. You'd have to enable it from the control center, and it would disable itself after a certain period of inactivity. I suppose that won't happen, as it would wreck the Find My network if it depends solely on Bluetooth.
When you turn off bluetooth from CC, it’s not even turning it off. The radio is still on - it just doesn’t make any new connections. You have to turn it off in preferences for that.
Don't forget that iOS and macOS silently re-enable Bluetooth on every software update. https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/bluetooth.html
Even worse, Control Panel buttons only "suspend" BT/WiFi, you have to go into Settings to turn them off again ... and again ... and again.
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It's an example of why people report bugs to vendor bounty programs since you could not sell this bug for $7000.
What makes you think it wasn't sold? Even if by another party that could have found it before?
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What makes you think it wasn't sold? Even if by another party that could have found it before?
Who would you sell it to and what would the buyer do with it? Outline the scenario you have in mind and we can try to sort out how to leverage this specific bug for $7000 worth of some kind of value.
Are you saying that this particular bug would not be worth more than $7000 in one of these markets, or are you questioning the very existence of these markets?
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What makes you think it wasn't sold? Even if by another party that could have found it before?
Who would you sell it to and what would the buyer do with it? Outline the scenario you have in mind and we can try to sort out how to leverage this specific bug for $7000 worth of some kind of value.
Don't forget that iOS and macOS silently re-enable Bluetooth on every software update. https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/bluetooth.html
Even worse, Control Panel buttons only "suspend" BT/WiFi, you have to go into Settings to turn them off again ... and again ... and again.
I agree it’d be nice to have a choice for how it works on your device, but current behavior would still be a good default.
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Even worse, Control Panel buttons only "suspend" BT/WiFi, you have to go into Settings to turn them off again ... and again ... and again.
I called this a data grab from day 1 and stand by that. The amount of fellow iOS developers I've had argue for the "convenience" is astounding. There should be a settings toggle to control the auto-reenable behavior.
"Oh, you disabled Bluetooth and left it that way? Well, we know better so we're going to turn it back on without your knowledge or approval. You're welcome."
I don't buy the convenience excuse either otherwise the behavior could be disabled if desired.