Those BT and WiFi APIs are used to determine proximity between devices, i.e.
location, so it's expected that they are also tied to location as a baseline.
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On Saturday, April 23, 2016 5:10 PM, Nancy G <nancy.ga...@gmail.com> wrote:
According to the changelog:
To provide users with greater data protection, starting in this release,
Android removes programmatic access to the device’s local hardware identifier
for apps using the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth APIs. The WifiInfo.getMacAddress() and
theBluetoothAdapter.getAddress() methods now return a constant value of
02:00:00:00:00:00.
To access the hardware identifiers of nearby external devices via Bluetooth and
Wi-Fi scans, your app must now have theACCESS_FINE_LOCATION or
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permissions:
- WifiManager.getScanResults()
- BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND
- BluetoothLeScanner.startScan()
Note: When a device running Android 6.0 (API level 23) initiates a background
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth scan, the operation is visible to external devices as
originating from a randomized MAC address.
Am I correct in understanding that now every app that should be granted
Bluetooth permission will now require location permission as well, defeating
the purpose of granular permissions?
Is there some other way to allow Bluetooth permission without requiring a user
to grant my app location permission? My app wouldn't require location
permission if not for this change, so I would want to make sure if it ever does
access location, that it can only do so when the app is active. Won't I still
be able to access location info when the app isn't being used?--
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