I live in a big city in the center. When i activate “Show bluetooth devices without names” in the developer settings of my android 13 phone, there appear loads of this devices. I have no clue what they are. Does anyone know? Are that the bluetooth nanobots of the vaxxinated people? (/s to last question!)

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Smart devices like switches, bulbs, outlets, etc; air tags and other brands of Bluetooth tracker; wireless speaker systems, headphones.

Many of these devices won’t broadcast a name at all, or will only broadcast a name while pairing.

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That’s perfectly normal, pay no mind to them or the plumber van parked day and night on the other side of the road.

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They are way less undercover around here. Theres a helicopter that spies on everyone 2-3 times a month. No infos on flightradar, no infos directly sent from it. We are all dead soon!

(/s)

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I see 21 devices in just my house. Many Sonos speakers (no name when not advertising BT input). Several air monitors. All my TVs. A temperature tracker. Three smart switches…

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You can use the 1st half of the mac to lookup the vendor (OUI)

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Could be anything, since you’re in the middle of a large city center. Could be smart devices, could be FindMys or similar, could be beacons, could be trackers, could be any combination.

[E]. To answer your nanobot question. I guess it could be nanobots, though all of the ones I’ve ever seen, use NFC. Also, “of the vaxxinated people”? I haven’t heard that one before. What is that about?

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A ton of devices not currently in discoverable mode too. Smart watches, TVs, etc.

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It’s a reference to conspiracy theories about vaccines containing trackers

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Oh… didn’t realize that was a thing. That’s… a bit disturbing…

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On the ole 600euro communities you regularly see people posting these screenshots as “proof” of tracking devices in vaccinations.

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I don’t think they realize how small the vaccine needles are or how hard it would be to actually track you with a microscopic device.

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