There could be at least a prompt to turn off visibility to other devices. As for the sent files, a simple grep or zgrep to exclude some files from being sent to host via BT would be a security improvement. Specially because if the user has wine installed and a malicious .exe is sent... it can put the whole host in danger. Same for malicious scripts that can be used to escalate privileges on /home/user/downloads.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988422 Title: device discoverable by default Status in gnome-bluetooth package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When bluetooth is turned on ubuntu it is discoverable to all nearby devices. It's strange that any "dumb" bluetooth device offers the option to be turned on but not be discoverable, but gnome bluetooth manager doesn't offer such option. Any device can be paired with a device using the gnome desktop, as long as the user gets the prompt to pair. After that, gnome desktop can receive any file to the downloads folder. There should be an option to make the gnome desktop device not show up to other devices, and another one to restrict what files can be sent via BT to the downloads folder ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: libgnome-bluetooth13 3.34.5-8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51-generic 5.15.46 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Sep 1 12:12:16 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-31 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt:pt_BR:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-bluetooth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1988422/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
