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'BlueBag' PC Sniffs Out Bluetooth Flaws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-door-neighbors dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Why isn't Bluetooth set to "hidden" in all of Nokia's phones? Some hackers in Italy stuffed a computer with a bunch of Bluetooth dongles in a suitcase to see how many Bluetooth devices they could discover by wandering around airports, train stations and shopping malls. The answer? More than 1,400 in 23 hours." The team will present their findings at BlackHat later this summer.

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  1. That's an odd analogy... by il_cuoco · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA:

    Using Bluetooth is "like sex," Zanero said. "It's better with precautions."

    Anyone care to come up with a joke about getting a trojan and wearing a trojan?

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  2. Re:news? by eraserewind · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you also knock on people's doors and then run away?

  3. Re:Discovery is not pairing by Tim+C · · Score: 4, Funny

    In related news, 100% of people walking past my front door can see it...

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  4. Discovery is not pairing... no duh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wandering about airports, train stations and shopping malls, I routinely "discover" hundreds of babes, but "pairing", alas, is a different matter altogether.

  5. Re:news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I knock on doors, then when they answer, just stand there until they tell me to go away.

  6. Forget the bluetooth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where can I get a laptop with a 23hour battery?!!!