if you have an iphone you're being
tracked
even when the phone is turned off
you don't believe me
let's
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talk what's up guys welcome back to the
channel i'm mike this is the ultimate
tech hub thank you for joining me i
really appreciate it
you guys are awesome so i wasn't going
to make this video but i feel like
there's something you need to know what
i'm about to tell you is 100 fact is a
warning for all iphone users your iphone
is tracking you even when the phone is
turned off and this type of tracking is
not gps tracking and yes gps tracking
does track your phone and you can always
turn off your gps in gps tracking does
have limitations
down to about six to ten feet so it's
not super accurate but the kind of
tracking i'm talking about is down to
inches so if your iphone is being
tracked without using gps and even when
the phone is turned off how's this
happening well let me tell you your
iphone is being tracked on the world's
largest mesh network and we're not
talking about mesh wi-fi routers either
and this colossal mesh network belongs
to apple i'm going to keep this as
simple as possible with only straight
line facts in just a heads up we did not
use wikipedia for any of these facts and
one more bit of bad news your iphone can
be turned on without you knowing it and
features like your camera and microphone
can be turned on as well so keep your
iphone out of your bedroom all right
enough with the chit chat let me tell
you how this all works your iphone is
being tracked on the world's largest
mesh network using bluetooth all right
guys we're all done here thank you for
watching i appreciate it ah just kidding
we'll get more specific but seriously
this mesh network is the bluetooth
network and this network is not the
bluetooth classic that you know and love
bluetooth classic is for speakers and
wireless earbuds in the range of
bluetooth classic is around 10 feet what
i'm talking about is ble bluetooth low
energy and more specific ble 5.0
and ble 5.0 has a range between 120 feet
and 600 feet outdoors and this range is
perfect for a mesh network unlike
bluetooth classic with a maximum of 10
feet bluetooth classic would not work in
the mesh network your iphone has two
bluetooth installed on the iphone's
motherboard bluetooth classic and
bluetooth low energy 5.0 ble is a
service on a chip
which means it's installed on the chip
of the motherboard unlike bluetooth
classic which you can turn off ble you
cannot turn off and you cannot uninstall
it and the worst part about this you
cannot control it and by the way it's
estimated that there's 22 billion ble
devices in the world but i'm betting
there's more than that
ble is used for low energy transmissions
and operates with minimal energy
consumption and a lower data capacity
than bluetooth classic this allows ble
devices to run on small batteries for
extended periods of time and still
transfer share and exchange data so what
does ble do ble or bluetooth low energy
is designed to control iot devices
internet of things
like smart devices
lights appliances
thermostats you name it and ble operates
on the 2.4 frequency the typical
frequency you use for your wi-fi and
like i said before ble operates even
when the phone is off and this ble
function was originally used to find
lost or stolen iphones and while that's
a good thing trying to find lost and
stolen phones we all know how technology
can go what was once well-meaning and
thoughtful can turn out to be a disaster
especially for privacy one popular
example of the ble device is apple air
tags and there's literally millions of
these in the world and like i said
before ble is a maximum range of 600
feet and this extended range allows ble
to form this massive mesh network but
how does ble form a mesh network that
can track iphones this is how it all
works we're going to keep as simple as
possible in the last five years these
ble devices are installed in all iphones
and these iphones are essentially linked
to other iphones using the bld
connection
think of each phone as a node in a mesh
system and each node performs an
operation
either sending or receiving data but
let's get into the ble functions on that
chip there's four types of
communications for ble devices
there's a broadcaster
observer
central and peripheral to keep this
simple a broadcaster sends data
observers receive data
central means advertising mode or
connecting mode
and peripheral allows communications and
data transfer with the central on a
periodic basis what's important to know
about bluetooth low energy is that if a
ble device is set to observe and receive
data once it receives data it can switch
to sending data even though a billy
device on the iphone is set to observe
once it receives the data it switches to
broadcaster and will broadcast that data
all data that's communicated from
broadcast to observer is encrypted and
there's no way for a middleman to read
that data and this data is tagged and of
course apple claims this is very secure
the only one that can read this data
would be apple which begs the question
why do they need your data and what data
are they observing are they observing
your location
are they observing if your phone is on
or off are they observing what you're
doing on your phone
are they listening through the
microphone are they observing with the
camera we simply just don't know
i've always found with technology you
want to assume the worst
because eventually this will happen
so just be aware of what's going on on
your iphones so an iphone will send out
a ble signal which will be a multicast
and within 600 feet it's almost
guaranteed to find another iphone and it
does not matter if the iphone is on or
not
both iphones can be off this is why it
can be very dangerous when a ble signal
is sent out it's sent out multicast
and this signal is looking for other
iphones within 600 feet it's almost
guaranteed to find one especially in
tight packed communities even suburban
areas because think of it 600 feet
that's a long ways away and within that
range there should be an iphone so the
signal is sitting at multicast and
another iphone picks it up
that iphone does not have to be even on
that iphone can be off once that iphone
receives that signal if it's off it'll
send another multicast to another iphone
and this process will go over and over
and over until it finds an iphone that
is on if that iphone is on and connected
to wi-fi or has a sim card or is on the
mobile network that information is sent
back to apple headquarters and that's
how it works so just be aware of what's
going on on your iphones
and remember you have no control of your
iphone's ble functions
the only way this ble will not work is
that the battery is totally dead
but the moment you charge up the battery
to a small amount
that ble functions again and guys one
more thing i'm not knocking apple or
their products
we don't use apple products in our home
or in our business
but that's a personal choice
and i know half of my viewers have apple
products so i made this video for you
guys however this video is for everybody
because eventually android will have
this as well it's very important to be
aware of privacy and knowing what's
going on in your phone
because with these phones they're always
with us 24 7.
these phones have become a part of our
lives and you know the old saying if
they know where you are
they know who you are
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