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Undocumented backdoor found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 years ago* by neme@lemm.ee to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For android, location services doesn't work properly without Bluetooth on, so that could be related

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[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

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[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 years ago

Iirc, precise location queries don't return values without the BT radio enabled. Works the other way too, the app needs location permission to discover bt devices in proximity and location must be enabled at the system level.

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