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Bluetooth Gains Direct Internet Access, Security Enhancements

Posted by Soulskill on from the internet-of-teeth dept.

jfruh writes: The Bluetooth spec never quite became the worldbeater it was billed as, but it's aiming to become indispensible to the Internet of Things. Updates to the spec make it possible for low-powered Bluetooth devices to gain direct access to the Internet, and, perhaps more importantly, make those devices a lot harder to hack.

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  1. How ? It doesn't have 3G / WiFi. Needs a router... by ami.one · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How exactly does it connect "directly to the internet" ? It doesn't have 3G/WiFi capability.

    All I can see is that a BT 4.2 device can connect to an 'internet connected' router / phone which also supports this BT 4.2 profile (similar to PAN in BT3 with which we could do an internet tether or file share etc).

    How is this "directly connected to the internet" when it is using a router to access the net. And all BT4 devices connected to smartphones are anyway getting data to/fro from the internet - like uploading your running data to a website etc.

    Anyone with a better understanding care to explain ?