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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. Discovery is not pairing by wish+bot · · Score: 5, Insightful
    That's great, but how many could they actually pair with?

    Ohh...none?!

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