bluetooth beware

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TINYTAN said:
can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.

Yes, they/He/she can if they want or by accident if their bluetooth is
enabled and not secured.
Avoid wireless attacks through your Bluetooth cell phone
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/bluetooth_mobile.mspx
You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you install the
Bluetooth stack and detect a Bluetooth device in Microsoft Windows XP Service
Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892891
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Security
Bluetooth Wireless Security FAQs
www.virus.org/faqs/task,cat/catid,32/
HTH.
nass
 
you can turn off auto discovery.



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can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.
 
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