In Bluetooth LE each attribute has some security flags - whether it can be read/written by an insecure connection or not. The UART connection security flags are set so that you can't communicate without being in a secure connection (hence the need for a Pin) but it looks like you can change the name without that!
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Wow, thanks! I'll look into getting that changed - issue filed here: https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/2033
In Bluetooth LE each attribute has some security flags - whether it can be read/written by an insecure connection or not. The UART connection security flags are set so that you can't communicate without being in a secure connection (hence the need for a Pin) but it looks like you can change the name without that!