Disable wifi and bluetooth scanning

Using /e/OS Settings
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How can we disable wifi and bluetooth scanning in /e/ android 8?

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Push the blue buttons

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Common misconception but no, only disabling the wifi and bluetooth from there actually doesn’t disable wifi and bluetooth scanning. You have to disable these specifically in the settings.

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On Pie it’s in the location settings (will check on Oreo later if needed).

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Write ‘scanning’ on the search bar on Settings, and you’ll find the option.

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Please check wifi preferences

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For bluetooth I only see spoofing when starting BT. After the first spoof is done no new is running.

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Thanks but I can’t turn off “turn on Wifi automatically” on my device. I don’t know why

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Thank you but since my device is in french, writing “scanning” doesn’t work for me

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thank you but I can’t find it there unfortunately

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Thank you very much for your answer

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So in common android device, wifi scanning and triangulation is reported to google. What is the behavior with /e/ ? Should it report to google as well ?

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Hopefully it doesn’t.

And for location (when satellites aren’t used) /e/OS uses Mozilla instead of Google.

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