Blue Tooth Phones vunerable to hacking [Archive]

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Stelliform

Nov 17, 2003, 08:54 AM

Interesting read. Basically any savvy passerby can hack a blue tooth phone and extract pictures and addresses.

Link here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3276315.stm)

Counterfit

Nov 17, 2003, 09:30 AM

I must try that! "That" being the bluejacking found on http://www.bluejackq.com

Java

Nov 17, 2003, 12:38 PM

I find that funny that people can easily hack my cell phone over my Macintosh.:p

patrick0brien

Nov 18, 2003, 03:56 PM

-All

It's similar to things that can happen in Windows with many of the common ports being open by default - in this case, all a person needs to do is turn off discoverability.

Which is a good idea anyway if you like battery time.

wdlove

Nov 18, 2003, 05:42 PM

So this is a time for my wife to be happy that she doesn't have a bluetooth available phone. Just more of an example that any technology can be hacked by a talented person.

patrick0brien

Nov 18, 2003, 06:39 PM

-wdlove

Well, I wouldn't really call it hacking as this is just using the technology for what it was designed for - too bad it's left in it's "Hi there" state.

I guess I was doing something like this to people a few months ago with my 12PB.

I'd set if for discoverability, then let someone us it. I'd take a picture of them with my Nokia 3650, then beam it to them.

Imagine their surprise when suddenly faced with a pic of themselves.

But then, BT is designed specifically to do that.