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Bluetooth everything that requires location permissions.
Why u need my precise location to turn on a lightbulb?
I'm not sure how many people know this but there is good reason why (at least on android) giving Bluetooth permissions also requires location permissions.
The basic concept is that given enough Bluetooth data an app can pinpoint your location accurately anyways. So the android devs decided that they would just require any app that wanted Bluetooth data would also need to require access to location. That way users would be indirectly informed of the dangers.
Why not just a pop-up to inform of the danger? Probably because most users will click past that warning and not read it.
That's just classic google/android retardation at play.
Literally making the bad guys' jobs easier by taking away control from the user.