Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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As title suggests, how do I go about stopping my phone from scanning my surroundings for extra devices?
Note: my phone was already connected to my own headphones.
You can disable the feature, it's called something like near device discovery. Also check this cool app that lets you spoof those devices and spam the suggestions.
Lool. Love it
And my classmates now hate me :(
As long as they don't know who it is, you're safe.
This is how those iPhone crashes worked with the Flipper Zero, I believe. Which allegedly was also able to crash some medical devices and actually hurt people.
Yeah it crashed my pacemaker now my heart only beats to the McDonald’s jingle.
With the app that I linked to, I was able to crash friend's iPhone multiple times.
Way more covert then the flipper zero :D
Im having so much fun at work rn haha
How come when I use this, I can't see any of the devices on windows?
I tried it with 3 Windows laptops and only one worked. Not sure why, maybe turning Bluetooth off in windows prevents this.
EDIT: It stopped working on the one laptop it worked on before. Idk why.
Search through your settings for a "Quick Pair" or "Fast Pair" option. Turn it OFF. Do not leave it turned on except during times when you're wanting to use a known device you've bought new that supports the feature.
Turn the feature off when not setting up new devices to work with other devices.
For anyone running a ROM based very closely on AOSP, the ability to disable Fast Pair was sadly not built into the OS until Android 14
Before Android 14, it is possible that Google has backported this setting to your device using Play Services. It can be found under Google Settings, Devices and sharing, Devices, and "Show Notifications"
That was it for me, thanks
On Graphene with Sandboxed Google Play (even on Android 14), this was where the setting was.
Thanks! Got it 😊👍
I'm sorry for being this way, really, but why couldn't you just crop the picture?!