Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Bluetooth tracking and app permissions Topic Bluetooth tracking and app permissions 3 mentions in 1 episode The hosts discuss iOS 13 Bluetooth prompts and the use of Bluetooth beacons for location tracking. Mentions 379: Computers Gonna Compute Sep 25, 2019 34:51 Apple put this in for privacy reasons. It's a privacy measure. 35:24 The Bluetooth thing was location tracking. 35:41 It can use the Bluetooth without even bothering to ask you to ping their beacons.