RE: Is your bluetooth safe?

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

Unless the hacker is sitting on my lap (which I'd probably notice), this
doesn't worry me too much, as the bluetooth range is nothing like the
quoted
distances!

-----Original Message-----
From: steve.cooper@xxxxxxx [mailto:steve.cooper@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 November 2003 14:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Is your bluetooth safe?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3276315.stm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3276315.stm>

"A potential loophole in security for Bluetooth phones, which could
see
strangers hacking into your address books, has been uncovered. "
....
"This vulnerability has been found on the SonyEricsson T68i and T610
phones
and the Nokia 6310 and 7650 handsets."

S.



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