Hopefully good comes from it.

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        8 months ago

        Thats why I’m asking if they know why the feature was removed so I can look up the specifics.

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      8 months ago

      In what way is a device you’ve purchase and paired with your phone, requesting that the phone it’s paired to make a noise; a security flaw/issue?

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          8 months ago

          Are you high?

          Tracking?

          Explain to me how you would perform any sort of tracking via a secured communication between two devices: ‘hey phone, can you beep once’ ‘sure’ beep.

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            Sure. An ex-boyfriend doesn’t take the breakup from his girlfriend well, and decides to locate her. He remembers his phone used to be paired with hers, and decides to use that to find her.

            As much as you want to fight me and make fun of me for this, this is a serious concern.

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              8 months ago

              That makes no sense.

              We aren’t talking about two phones paired with each other, were talking about a pair of headphones or a smart watch, causing the phone it’s linked to to make a sound. Nothing more.

              There is absolutely 0 opportunity to acquire a location from that.

              Beyond that; apple products, specifically airpods and apple’s smart watch, have these abilities.

              Why would it be a security flaw to allow an Apple manufactured device to perform these functions, but not a third party device, utilizing the exact same implementations?

              Try again.