Bluetooth Scare a Load of Hooey

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Bluetooth Scare a Load of Hooey
By Guy Kewney
May 12, 2004

Traditionally, security consultants have made a passable living by
frightening ignorant managers with security holes. Then they charge
money to fix them.

Recently, Britain's government instructed members of Parliament to
disable the Bluetooth functions on their cellphones because of the
dangers of "bluesnarfing," so it must be a real threat, right?

Well, technically, it is. The idea of snarfing-grabbing files from
someone else's store without their permission (and preferably, without
their knowledge!)-is an old one, and there are some cellphones that
can have their data purloined over Bluetooth.