Windows 10: Have the ability to block a device from trying to connect to you.

Not sure if this has been posted before I tried googling about this but I couldn't find anything. I was trying to connect my Xbox controller to my laptop by selecting a new device to connect to, but every time I try to open it, some bot/scammer/hacker/etc kept auto trying to get me to accept their Bluetooth request for my laptop. Every time I rejected it, it would close the Bluetooth pop-up, and whenever I'd re-open the Bluetooth pop-up that person tries again, it was really annoying. In the end, I was able to connect my Xbox controller because I got a little notification asking if I want to connect my Xbox controller. It's just really weird that we don't have the ability to block someone from requesting to Bluetooth to you I swear you can do that on some Android devices.



This is what I mean by pop-up and whoever it was, was pretending to be 'my device'. Whoever it was, was pretty smart about it because if someone was new to connecting devices over Bluetooth, they might have accepted it.


I think there should be a third button saying something like 'Block device' and then have a section on the right that lets you check which devices you blocked in case you accidentally blocked someone you actually know.

:)

 

July 13 update killed ability to connect to the internet

Hi Elizabeth,

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Project connect to wireless device issue

Thanks for this suggestion; it's made me realise that I think it might be a problem with my tv after all, because now it won't come up anymore in the list of devices. I better check out some help for this tv; maybe something got turned off by mistake.

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windows 10 - USB device not recognized... - trying to connect windows phone to windows 10...

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  Did you try connecting the USB to a different USB port?
  
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