| ▲ | venussnatch 6 hours ago |
| What is the suspected method of Bluetooth communication? Afaik phones do not share their internet blindly to Bluetooth devices. |
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| ▲ | max8539 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Also thought about it. It’s possible, but requires enabling hotspot on the phone. Without it, it will not share internet via BT. |
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| ▲ | buran77 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The author probably means CarPlay and Android Auto. In wireless mode they share the phone's internet connection. The adapter linked in the article is a CarPlay adapter, not plain BT. | | |
| ▲ | max8539 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Seems like this way of using CarPlay isn’t documented. Bluetooth is used for discovery and WiFi/USB for CarPlay communication but not for providing car and internet access. Using users’ phone data without notice could be noticeable by users as well… |
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| ▲ | fragmede 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It would also require that my phone not show my car using the hotspot, when it does show my laptop, and also for my cellphone plan to not show that usage (I have limited hotspot data), which is theoretically possible, but now we're talking three companies having to collude in a totally undetectable fashion, which seems a little far fetched. |
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| ▲ | jeroenhd 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Bluetooth PAN seems to work pretty seamlessly once you've paired your phone and set it up. It's possible some kind of "seamless hotspot" functionality is remotely activating PAN on a paired device. |
