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Why are there loads of unnamed bluetooth devices around me? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by PixeIOrange@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I live in a big city in the center. When i activate "Show bluetooth devices without names" in the developer settings of my android 13 phone, there appear loads of this devices. I have no clue what they are. Does anyone know? Are that the bluetooth nanobots of the vaxxinated people? (/s to last question!)

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[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is turned on by default. You can opt-out if you'd like. Here's a pretty good article that covers it all: https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/

Samsung SmartTags "Find" network is opt-in, which stagnated the growth of their network.

Tile's network is naturally opt-in as it requires us to install the app, and therefore has the lowest coverage from my understanding.

I recall seeing the following approximate numbers:

Apple: 1,000,000,000
Samsung: 300,000,000
Tile: 35,000,000

Battery and data usage are negligible.