How Good Is BlueTooth's Security?

maliabu writes "If (not when) BlueTooth becomes really popular or populated in all the personal devices, will we start experiencing another wave of frauds similar to the current credit card strip-reading, or ATM machine shoulder-spying incidents? In this article about BlueTooth Security, the author asks 'but is Bluetooth secure enough for larger ad hoc networks, money transfers and transferring other sensitive information?' Even when the security standard becomes higher in BlueTooth, will the end users become victims of themselves by neglecting simple security rules, similar to not covering the keypad when entering your pin number? Remember personal devices such as mobile phone, heartrate sensor, blood-pressure alarm, vision-correction lenses etc, are more 'forgettable' than laptops/computers on WiFi. And the chances of strangers getting close enough to it is also higher, such as in the train, bus, cinema etc."

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Personal Identification Number number eh?

[DrSkwid]

I must get one of those