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bluetooth earbuds - privacy? (toast.ooo)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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hello, i know this is a dumb question, but didnt find nothing about it on internet.

In terms of privacy, there are any bad thing about bluetooth earbuds? i bought mine in oppo but dont know if there exist any side of bad things about privacy. Someone can elucidate me?

When i said bad things, if oppo steal my data or something like that. yeah, dont know nothing. sorry about that.

thank you in advance

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[–] MaddestMax 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Another thing to think about which took me a bit: any BT is bad for privacy. So, we have to be cautious of when we use it. Something I used to do is drive to Target and throw my earbuds in to listen to a podcast while I shop. Having BT enabled anywhere near any of these places is not best privacy practice. They use the protocol to identify and track. So, basically, buy your buds from a smaller distributor and pay attention to when you have it enabled on your phone.

[–] fizzyvelcro 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, because you’re not wrong. I guess you could have been a bit be more clear. A lot of shops use radio signal tracking (e.g. bluetooth, wifi) to track your physical location in the store.

Even without the apps mentioned in the article, the store can see a bluetooth device with a unique identifier (Bluetooth MAC address of your phone), walking through specific isles and how long you stand still at a section.

For best privacy: use wired headphones and put your phone in airplane mode