If deployed in the field, special ops soldiers can approach a terrorist safehouse, and activate this device to hack into any cell phone that may be vulnerable. Then they could simply listen in on the safehouse without ever being even 500 feet away, and can discern their movement if necessary.
All this translates into being able not to tip off the bad guys that you are coming, and still able to glean important intel.
I wonder whether there are other Bluetooth devices that could be attacked this way. For example, it seems theoretically possible to also listen in on data transfers - say between PDAs or cameras and laptops.
You could probably plant a suicide note of some kind. I wonder how that would be taken by the police, whether or not it would be official "evidence" to be considered because it's electronic.
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Interesting Military Application (Score:5, Interesting)
All this translates into being able not to tip off the bad guys that you are coming, and still able to glean important intel.
Other Bluetooth Devices (Score:2)
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Minor Nit Pick (Score:2)
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"0300 - Prepare to meet Maker"
"0400 - Meet Maker"
That would probably have more effect, with alarms on the minute between each event.
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