The technical illiteracy of comments defending apple here with remarks about spam is staggering for hn.
Ble is a type of network communication that is only used for short distances, in order to save energy. We’re talking about a few meters, here.
The goal of the feature would be for people to pair their device with their iphone, something which users can do explicitly, ensuring that only their device works with their iphone.
Pairing an iphone with a third party device is already something that apple does, for instance in the case of personal hotspot.
Ble is a type of network communication that is only used for short distances, in order to save energy. We’re talking about a few meters, here.
The goal of the feature would be for people to pair their device with their iphone, something which users can do explicitly, ensuring that only their device works with their iphone.
Pairing an iphone with a third party device is already something that apple does, for instance in the case of personal hotspot.