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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by neme@lemm.ee to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Probably why Android and apps are constantly asking me to turn on Bluetooth when I dont want or need it.

Not that this chip is in my phone, but it begins to seem like a pattern.

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe bouncer is something for you

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Looks like bouncer is no longer available.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission

I do have Graphene which can do something similar. or maybe its an Android 15 feature?

Per app, there is a toggle to revoke an app's permission after an unspecified(?) period of time.

"Manage app if unused" a screenshot of an Android 15 device, showing the toggle labeled "Manage app if unused"

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

You lucky nexus owner. I wish GrapheneOS could be flashed on more smartphones. Yeah so that definitely reads like the feature that bouncer provides and if that's anchored at the system level the Graphene solution is guaranteed to be better too. Either way, it offers a lot of good functions that you can't simply make available on another Android via root.

Edit: I also forgot that Bouncer needs root to be fully functional.