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Disable Bluetooth, if no paired devices exist

Details

Bluetooth is particularly susceptible to a diverse set of security vulnerabilities involving identity detection, location tracking, denial of service, unintended control and access of data and voice channels, and unauthorized device control and data access.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:
1. In Terminal, run the following commands:
sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth ControllerPowerState -int 0
sudo killall -HUP bluedImpact

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

Source

Updated on July 16, 2022
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