Blueman, the bluetooth manager [0], requires the user to be in the "wheel" group
in order to perform certain functions (like enabling/disabling bluetooth).
This leads to a sub-optimal user experience, where the user is prompted
to authenticate as root in order to perform certain actions. [1]

The "wheel" requirement is a result of the polkit rules for blueman, which look 
like this: [2]

    /* Allow users in wheel group to use blueman feature requiring root without 
authentication */
    polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
        if ((action.id == "org.blueman.network.setup" ||
             action.id == "org.blueman.dhcp.client" ||
             action.id == "org.blueman.rfkill.setstate" ||
             action.id == "org.blueman.pppd.pppconnect") &&
            subject.isInGroup("wheel")) {
            return polkit.Result.YES;
        }
    });

This is a simple ruleset, so removing the "wheel" requirement
and allowing any user to perform these four actions is rather trivial.
My question is, would it be safe? Should I limit this change to
the "org.blueman.rfkill.setstate" action only?

A.FI.

[0] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/blueman
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2055253
[2] 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blueman-project/blueman/2.3.beta1/data/configs/blueman.rules
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