So you just scan for devices and then read? There's no authorization involved, these just publish the readings wirelessly for all interested?
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It's problematic for things like keyboards used for entering passwords - but if my next door neighbour wants to snoop on my living room thermometer or someone wants to snoop on my heart rate strap as I jog past their house? It doesn't seem to be much of a problem, in practice.
In the bad old days of bluetooth, loads of devices without screens would just hard code the pairing code to 000000 anyway. So it wasn't adding much security anyway. Unlike internet-connected devices, it's not exposed to a billion griefers from around the globe at any given moment.