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Hot-Rodding A Bluetooth Adapter

Posted by timothy on from the don't-blame-us-we'll-blame-you dept.

carbolic writes "Remember the Bluetooth records where we 'modded an adapter' and connected to a cell phone first from 1 kilometer, then from 1 mile away? Popular Science has the hack in the November issue (or online now) with instructions. Additional step-by-step is laid out here for USB, and and here for PCMCIA. Soldering is required, but come on - you can't be a true geek without learning to solder."

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  1. Programmers with soldering irons by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny
    *Shudder*

    Even more frightening than programmers with screwdrivers.

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  2. I'm a nerd! Not a sprinter! by G-Licious! · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now we have to walk a full mile to knock that Bluetooth spammer out?

    Great hack..

    1. Re:I'm a nerd! Not a sprinter! by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't think of it as a problem, think of it as an alternative to going to the gym. The spammer makes you jog a mile, but unlike the health club you get to tazer a man when you're done.

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  3. Re:Solder globbing by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 4, Funny
    The bigger the glob, the better the job!

    I'm sorry, were you talking about soldering or masturbating?

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  4. Re:We need useful hacks by aicrules · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is NOT useful about extending what could be the best cross-everything wireless technology so far beyond its retail limits?

    Unless the people who say that EMFs and very high and very low frequency radio waves can kill you are right, I think this is great!

    I'll just wear a lead apron until they tell me one way or the other....

  5. Soldering by MrDoh! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thing about soldering, I just KNOW that the joint is bad if I've not scarred myself. At some point during the process, I have to touch skin to hot bit to make my pain sacrifice to the gods of solder. Once this suffering is endured, I know that it'll work. If no pain, no joint, and I'll have to redo it until I'm scarred from the experience.

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  6. Practical Application by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was struggling to think of a practical application for this so I came up with an evil one instead.

    Step 1: Fit USB Bluetooth Adapter to victim's PC
    Step 2: Sneak up to one mile away
    Step 3: Use Bluetooth mouse/keyboard to control them

    Of course, from practical jokes comes food for thought of serious security implications.

    Have a look at AtStake's Ollie Whitehouse's presentation on Bluetooth insecurities and be extra afraid that you can't look around the room for the attacker any more.

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  7. That's nice, but by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where does the "Type R" sticker go? What part of the Bluetooth adapter gets the "VTEK" logo? Does it use a giant aluminum wing to get extra range?

    Who cares about soldering? These are the details that we need to know.

  8. Did anybody read this as by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    but come on - you can't be a true geek without learning to soldier

    I thought WTF happened to the once calm, collected, slashdot geeks, ones who only goe to war if it is a Flame War.

    Maybe, Bill has pissed them off one too many times. Now that the assualt weapons ban has lapsed - THEY ARE TAKING UP ARMS NOW.