Sounds like this isn't a bug, but I had forgotten the trick myself. This
indicates the Settings GUI should be better designed to make it clear
what's going on.
** No longer affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
** Summary changed:
- device discoverable by default
+ Bluetooth discoverability is not
Close the Settings window (or even switch to a different page in
Settings) to not be visible to other devices.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988422
Title:
device
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
Open setting on top right of the screen. Turn bluetooth on. As soon as BT is
turned on for ubuntu 22.04, my laptop or desktop are visible to all nearby BT
devices.
Click pair with any device, the prompt will show up in ubuntu 22.04. From that
on, I can send any files over BT and will be sent
Could you describe what you are doing exactly? The discoverability
should be turned on only when the bluetooth settings are open, which is
similar to how other platform at doing it...
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
** Changed in:
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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BlueZ itself lets you toggle discoverability:
$ bluetoothctl
[bluetooth]# discoverable off
** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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