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A Bluetooth configuration tool
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Visibility? #67

Open caltrop2075 opened 6 years ago

caltrop2075 commented 6 years ago

can not turn off visibility

more of a bluetooth on/off than a configuration tool

BrookeDot commented 6 years ago

I agree that this would be a great addition to have a toggle for "public visibility" I often want to hide my device name when using my laptop out in public.

I found a way to do this manually with: sudo hciconfig hci0 noscan

You can get your own hciconfig ID by running: sudo hciconfig -a

More info and how to re-enable in this answer on StackExchange.

Xmetalfanx commented 5 years ago

I agree that having an "off/on" discover-ability (without turning BT off completely) would be something I'd love to see added

besworks commented 5 years ago

This seems like it's related to a bug in gnome-bluetooth that was fixed recently.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1791405

Leaving discoverablity turned on is a pretty big security hole so this should really be addressed ASAP.

miniskipper commented 4 years ago

This also bugged me. I have modified it so the adapter is only visible for 60 seconds from start of manager. Also clicking the header icon or the appropriate option in the tray makes the adapter visible for 60 seconds.

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I would open a PR if desired.

Translation is a TODO

mtwebster commented 4 years ago

Do you guys leave the blueberry window open? The adapter only remains discoverable while that is running - at least this is true in Mint 20. I confirm this with both btmgmt->info command and checking with my phone. I'm hesitant to limit that because this is typical behavior in my experience.

It's really intended only as a configuration tool, so it would be limited in its duration. I'd like to hear some use cases that argue otherwise.

Thanks