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Installed Big Sur last night on a machine

Had to log in to a Google Service (in Chrome) today and got this popup:

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A frigging browser trying to access Bluetooth ?


We all know Google likes to spy on us in their browser, but now also going to open up Bluetooth is really a bridge too far.

So my mind is made up: goodbye Google, for everything and everywhere I possibly can - and yes I'm a paying customer for some services, will look for competitors that work for me without sneaking in things like this.
 
Is that part of Chrome's integration with hardware 2FA devices which use bluetooth?
 
See that in iOS 14 the first time I launch an app for first, or even after an update. So it happens a lot. The iOS-ification of MacOS
 
Is that part of Chrome's integration with hardware 2FA devices which use bluetooth?
No idea to be honest why they want to connect to Bluetooth - I didn't do anything that should have triggered them trying to access bluetooth.

FWIW: I don't use Google's 2FA.
 
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