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.

  • @[email protected]
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    6810 months ago

    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.

    • asudox
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      1510 months ago

      Lool. Love it

        • asudox
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          1110 months ago

          As long as they don’t know who it is, you’re safe.

        • admiralteal
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          710 months ago

          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.

          • @CluckN
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            1210 months ago

            Yeah it crashed my pacemaker now my heart only beats to the McDonald’s jingle.

    • @fruitSnackSupreme
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      110 months ago

      How come when I use this, I can’t see any of the devices on windows?

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        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.