This is yet another reason NOT to buy those stupid phones with 14 different features. Every time I buy a cell phone, I buy the cheapest one available, so it doesn't have all of this crap associated with it. I just want a cell phone that *works*. The last thing I want is a phone with so many useless features that it actually has *security* holes! That's insane. So if it comes to the point where the only phone I can get has this stupid Bluetooth stuff, then I have to worry about feds wiretapping me AND k
It surprises me how retarded people on a technology site can be.
Do you avoid those stupid computers and just buy 4-function calculators to avoid all those viruses, trojans, spam and all the other crap associated with the internet and modern computing? I guess not.
If you look closely, people being hax0r3d are almost always the ones who don't understand what they're doing.
-Don't enable full read/write access to all files while using broadband without a firewall. -Don't leave bluetooth enabled when not using it. -Don't park your car with the keys in the ignition and the doors open.
If any of the above didn't seem blatantly obvious to you, you are ignorant about the technology involved. Any problems you have are your own fault and do not make the technology bad.
Don't leave bluetooth enabled when not using it? Jesus christ... we're talking about a PHONE here? That's entirely too complicated. That's like saying that you should disconnect your computer from the Net when you're not using it. It's very simple... bluetooth is insecure, and is not used by probably 99% of people with cellphones. Thus, the smart thing to do is to avoid it like the plauge.
If you actually KNEW anything about bluetooth, you know there are simple ways to secure the connections (which the article conveniently leaves out). Here's a hint; how many simultaneous connections can most bt enabled phones host on the stack?
Wow yeah that is complicated. I barely managed to grasp that I should turn of the engine of my car when I get out. Next thing I should close my door I suppose. Geez whiz this stuff is high-tech.
Oh well just shoot the guy that made blue-tooth have no security. Simple.
Yeah, but all I want my phone to do is store numbers and call numbers. Seriously. I'll get a seperate PDA for the rest of the crap. And no f'ing way I want a camera on there either. If I wanted a camera, I'd get a nice slim digital, or a real SLR camera.
This problem seems like one that could be fixed in software. Turning BT on and off as required is a great intermediate solution, but a lot of cellphone and PDA people have implemented their software such that turing it on and off requires walking through several menus. It's a chore for something that should be as simple as 2-3 button presses.
The people who whine to not buy BT cellphones and devices are, of course, as retarded as the companies who did not implement a secure standard;)
on my P900 I click Control Panel->Connections->Bluetooth-> On->Done (takes about 3 secs) I also get a tick box whether to be visible to other devices. To turn off again, click the Bluetooth icon->Off->Done While Bluetooth is enabled a blue light slowly flashes.
If this "visible to other devices" option is not present on other phones that is a mistake of the manufacturer.
If the hacked phones have "not visible" enabled then that's a problem with Bluetooth.
No. But when I install a Linux distro I do not get all the 100 million packages. I just get what I need, mainly because additional services means more vector points for hacking into the box. With phones the way to choose which features you get is to select a particular model which is exactly what the parent poster is talking about.
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Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:3, Informative)
Do you avoid those stupid computers and just buy 4-function calculators to avoid all those viruses, trojans, spam and all the other crap associated with the internet and modern computing? I guess not.
If you look closely, people being hax0r3d are almost always the ones who don't understand what they're doing.
-Don't enable full read/write access to all files while using broadband without a firewall.
-Don't leave bluetooth enabled when not using it.
-Don't park your car with the keys in the ignition and the doors open.
If any of the above didn't seem blatantly obvious to you, you are ignorant about the technology involved. Any problems you have are your own fault and do not make the technology bad.
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:2)
If you actually KNEW anything about bluetooth, you know there are simple ways to secure the connections (which the article conveniently leaves out). Here's a hint; how many simultaneous connections can most bt enabled phones host on the stack?
Switch of your pc when not in use? (Score:2)
Oh well just shoot the guy that made blue-tooth have no security. Simple.
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:3, Insightful)
Bluetooth is incorrectly implemented. (Score:2)
The people who whine to not buy BT cellphones and devices are, of course, as retarded as the companies who did not implement a secure standard
Re:Bluetooth is incorrectly implemented. (Score:2)
Control Panel->Connections->Bluetooth-> On->Done (takes about 3 secs)
I also get a tick box whether to be visible to other devices.
To turn off again, click the Bluetooth icon->Off->Done
While Bluetooth is enabled a blue light slowly flashes.
If this "visible to other devices" option is not present on other phones that is a mistake of the manufacturer.
If the hacked phones have "not visible" enabled then that's a problem with Bluetooth.
If the hacked phones don't have "not v
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones (Score:1)