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    GOS let’s you disable Bluetooth automatically if your not using it. So yes, it protects against Bluetooth trackers that way.

    If you mean the airtags and whatever google is calling their airtags, no, it’s not baked I to the osz but you can install apps to show you all the trackers in your vicinity

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        Welcome to the wonderful world of Bluetooth Mac address tracking, often used in stores to track the location of customers throughout the store. So yes absolutely Bluetooth tracking is a real thing, turning off your Bluetooth radio prevents your Bluetooth radio from being tracked.

        https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~nibhaska/papers/sp22_paper.pdf

        Bluetooth beacons, which I believe most people are thinking of when they talk about air tags, or Bluetooth tiles, are a different thing entirely.

        Bluetooth threats:

        • a phones radio being tracked
        • a Bluetooth beacon planted on someone
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            Does Graphene OS allow MAC address randomization for bluetooth

            Actually, I believe AOSP allows for a MAC address randomization when not connected to a device, but as the UCSD paper above indicates, it’s still quite fingerprintable