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Google is working on "unfamiliar device alerts" which will "[check] for nearby Bluetooth devices" and alert you if "unknown devices are found to be moving with you." This is coming to Android devices via Google Play Services. Here's a first look at its settings page.

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They really need to make this apart of AOSP. Keep it open.

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I agree it should be available in AOSP, but it makes sense to roll this out via Play Services, as that's the only way to ensure this reaches most consumer handsets in a timely manner. A FOSS solution already exists in the form of AirGuard, just FYI:

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They never released FIDO2, COVID exposure notifications, etc. as part of AOSP. They can ship updates to AOSP via APEX modules, or in this case they could have considered it a security update and released it in a bulletin. They included a mitigation I upstreamed in one before.

3:46 AM · Apr 10, 2022Twitter Web App

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