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Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:13:32 +0100
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Subject: Re: [RFC BlueZ 0/2] Fix types and names of beacon/import flags.
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Brian, Inga,

On 01/22, Gix, Brian wrote:
> Signal Emissions are Information Leaks

No, they aren't. Flags and IV Index value is public information, sent in
open text over the air in Secure Network Beacons.

> that provide no benefit...  they are sent globally to anyone on the
> DBus, and signals to anyone who may be eavesdropping that *something*
> is happening

Yeah, and you get the same info from listening to beacons. I would just
like to make it slightly easier to listen to locally. At the moment one
needs to wait for the beacon to be transmitted.


Anyway: what's your opinion about the proposed API modifications (IvUpdate
rename and BeaconFlags type change)?

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