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
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.
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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
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.