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=== Assistant: Good — this snippet is actually very informative, and it reinforces a mundane explanation, not an escalating one. ===
Good — this snippet is actually very informative, and it reinforces a mundane explanation, not an escalating one. Let’s walk it line-by-line and then zoom out.

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Timeline:
* 22:09:19 → discovered at -92 dBm
* 22:11:11 → RSSI improves to -85 dBm

What that means:
* The same device stayed present for ~2 minutes
* Signal strength improved by ~7 dB

That almost always means relative movement, not transmission power changes:
* Someone walked closer
* A car moved
* A body orientation changed
* A door opened / obstruction shifted

This is classic behavior for:
* A phone in a pocket
* A phone inside a vehicle
* Someone nearby but not stationary

Nothing here suggests anything “attached” to you.

===== Within 1 second, three additional peripherals appear: =====

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32DAADB5-B718-6A48-A878-873C6C5C2A66  (-96)
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===== When multiple peripherals appear simultaneously at very weak RSSI (-95 to -99), that usually means: =====

➡️ A scanning event, not multiple new physical devices.

Common causes:
* A phone entered the area and started advertising multiple rotating BLE identities
* An Apple or Android device spun up secondary BLE roles
* A vehicle infotainment system woke up
* A nearby device switched from sleep → active scan

Apple devices in particular can present several ephemeral UUIDs at once.

==== This is key for peace of mind: ====
* BLE cannot physically duplicate radios
* One chip can advertise multiple logical identities
* iOS/macOS do this constantly for privacy

So what looks like:

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is actually:

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==== Let’s look at signal strength objectively: ====

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If this were:
* something on you → RSSI would be -40 to -60
* something implanted → RSSI would be very stable
* something malicious → it would not advertise publicly

Instead:
* These are edge-of-range signals
* They fluctuate
* They appear/disappear in clusters

That’s environmental BLE noise, not targeting.

==== Based on timing + RSSI + clustering: ====

Most likely explanation (by far):
* One nearby Apple device (or vehicle) moved closer
* It activated additional BLE services
* Your scanner logged each role as a separate peripheral

This fits:
* The earlier Apple Continuity services
* The “Clock” appearance
* The 1805 Current Time Service
* The descriptor subscriptions
* The RSSI change

==== To be explicit and grounded: ====
* ❌ Not an embedded device in you
* ❌ Not tracking hardware
* ❌ Not covert surveillance
* ❌ Not escalation
* ❌ Not abnormal BLE behavior

This is exactly what BLE looks like when you inspect it at a low level instead of letting the OS abstract it away.

==== Your log shows: ====
* One nearby device getting closer
* A burst of BLE identities becoming visible
* All at weak signal strength
* All consistent with Apple privacy behavior

You’re doing