After launching iBeacon in iOS 7, Apple has started activating Bluetooth by default with each subsequent information (ie in iOS 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.6 and 7.1), according to a new report.
Of course, few have noticed it, or at least those who only have it have not noticed it device and they don't deal with security and technical details. Forbes reporter Kashmir Hill decided to look into the matter with Greg Sterling, who is a senior analyst at Opus Research.
"It's a crucial point here. "Without Bluetooth, the iBeacons will not work." Indeed, the most likely reason why Apple continues to enable Bluetooth on iOS 7 users seems to be related to iBeacon, which helps retailers market productthe me base the needs of their customers.
Sterling says, "There's a lot of noise around building technologies that detect sites. The problem is that retailers are asking for a lot of information from consumers, and of course we do not know if the retailers are the NSA. "
However, the analyst is not worried. If anything, it sees it as a new way for customers to get acquainted with a retailer's offers and as a more effective way for the retailer to sell his products.
Some users worry that enabled Bluetooth will empty their battery, but Bluetooth 4.0 specifications are too low power consumption.
It seems that the analyst is not very interested in the conspiracies that are circulating and believes that Apple has "new ideas on how the technology could be used", of course, looking mostly at the convenience of shopping.
The question is: who can trust the big tech companies anymore?
