Worried about your civil liberties and privacy? Then it may come as a shock to discover that you have unwittingly been allowing your phone to signal your every move.
Bluetooth, a wireless link built into many cellphones, makes our movements trackable by anyone equipped with a PC and an appropriate receiver.
Vassilis Kostakos at the University of Bath in the UK placed four Bluetooth receivers in the city's centre. Over four months, his team tracked 10,000 Bluetooth phones and was able to "capture and analyse people's encounters" in pubs, streets and shops.
Bluetooth is now more of a privacy threat than the more frequently publicised RFID chips, Kostakos says. "If people are worried, they should turn off the Bluetooth function on their mobile phones."
source
| Bluetooth gives Spies a Window into your Life, May 7, 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Post #1 May 8 2008, 01:57 | |
totally wAcKed  Group: Registered Posts: 31,105 Joined: 5-October 03 From: Odder Space Member No.: 37,120 
|
|
   |
 
 
|
|
Log In or Register · Advertise on Neowin |
|
| Post #2 May 8 2008, 01:59 | |
Neowinian ULTRAKILL  Group: Registered Posts: 14,488 Joined: 17-July 06 From: The Intertubes Browser: Firefox 3.6 Member No.: 173,696
|
I turned mine off!
|
|
|
|
| Post #3 May 8 2008, 02:00 | |
Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 1,300 Joined: 11-March 02 From: Springfield Mo Member No.: 10,585
|
and if you keep your bluetooth set correctly, not broadcasting, it isn't a threat
|
|
|
|
| Post #4 May 8 2008, 02:44 | |
|
Neowinian³  Group: Registered Posts: 469 Joined: 23-October 05 Member No.: 137,660
|
This was discussed years ago. Just only allow one device and not to broadcast. Dur.
|
|
|
|
| Post #5 May 8 2008, 03:17 | |
Neowinian Senior  Group: Registered Posts: 3,004 Joined: 14-January 06 From: Hell Member No.: 151,279
|
Good enough when you are on the 10m range!
|
|
|
|
| Post #6 May 8 2008, 03:19 | |
Neowinian Wise One  Group: Registered Posts: 4,128 Joined: 23-May 04 From: California Member No.: 56,669
|
This is news? Bluetooth only has a range of what, 30ft? Besides, who walkes around with it constantly broadcasting?
|
|
|
|
| Post #7 May 8 2008, 10:53 | |
Resident Elite Group: Registered Posts: 1,508 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Huddersfield, UK Member No.: 23,661
|
Quote - (strekship @ May 8 2008, 03:19)  Who walkes around with it constantly broadcasting? Loads of people, do a search in a public place.. you will find loads of devices. |
|
|
|
| Post #8 May 8 2008, 11:17 | |
wroooooooom! Group: Registered Posts: 2,773 Joined: 6-February 02 From: Eye of the storm Member No.: 9,398
|
Like most neowinians blues is turned off when I have no need of it but I assume most users leave their on after they used it once then wonder why their batteries die.
More people should buy the iphone since it has no data transfer via bluetooth 
|
|
|
|
| Post #9 May 8 2008, 11:21 | |
|
Neowinian³ Group: Registered Posts: 374 Joined: 6-April 05 Member No.: 104,414
|
Does this really matter? How the hell can you track someone via bluetooth? All you get is a list of devices, you don't know where they are and this has been known for years already.
Non news. |
|
|
|
| Post #10 May 8 2008, 11:27 | |
Parasites are taught what to think, I learnt what to think! Group: Registered Posts: 1,604 Joined: 6-June 02 From: Bunny-hopping on my 1981 Mongoose Motomag Member No.: 13,425
|
Quote - (Beastage @ May 8 2008, 11:17) Like most neowinians blues is turned off when I have no need of it but I assume most users leave their on after they used it once then wonder why their batteries die. More people should buy the iphone since it has no data transfer via bluetooth You were doing really well until your last sentence. LOL Pay over the odds for your phone, and get LESS functions for your money. Great advertisement that ar kid. |
|
|
|
| Post #11 May 8 2008, 11:28 | |
Neowinian Wise One Group: Registered Posts: 4,110 Joined: 14-May 06 From: cph Member No.: 166,647
|
Quote - (testman @ May 8 2008, 13:21) Does this really matter? How the hell can you track someone via bluetooth? All you get is a list of devices, you don't know where they are and this has been known for years already. Non news. Havent you seen 24? They use the antennas to triangulate the signal duhhh 
|
|
|
|
| Post #12 May 8 2008, 11:28 | |
Neowinian Wise One Group: Registered Posts: 5,229 Joined: 5-September 04 From: Brisbane, Aussie Member No.: 70,235
|
Un-Needed battery drain. Stays off until required.
|
|
|
|
| Post #13 May 8 2008, 11:48 | |
|
Resident Elite Group: Registered Posts: 1,508 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Huddersfield, UK Member No.: 23,661
|
Quote - (Beastage @ May 8 2008, 11:17) More people should buy the iphone since it has no data transfer via bluetooth LOL really? wow I'm glad I got my N95, it was a lot cheaper at the time and does a lot more!
|
|
|
|
| Post #14 May 8 2008, 12:04 | |
Blue Is The New Blue Group: Registered Posts: 4,503 Joined: 14-January 06 From: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Member No.: 151,171
|
Quote - (InsaneNutter @ May 8 2008, 18:53) Loads of people, do a search in a public place.. you will find loads of devices. I can relate to this, as when my Bluetooth was on, I got many file transfer requests for an unknown file, which is mostly located from Nokia phones. However, since I'm using a Sony Ericsson, I doubt that I might get anything from it! And before anyone says I'm an idiot for leaving my Bluetooth on, I'm using Bluetooth headsets to listen to my music !Scirwode |
|
|
|
| Post #15 May 8 2008, 12:26 | |
Custom member titles are cool. Group: Banned Posts: 1,281 Joined: 1-February 05 From: Stafford, United Kingdom Member No.: 94,138
|
I've not even ever turned Bluetooth on on my phone. Too scared that Jack Bauer will trace me from America.
|
|
|
|
| « Older · Back Page News · Newer » | |
3 Pages 
[1] 2 3 ... Next
|
|
