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- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -8/+392Outside of when you are driving, using a headset makes you look stupid. There is simply no reason no to spend an extra three seconds picking up your phone and pressing 'answer'.
I take a call about three or four times a day - coincidentally about the same number of times a day I take a piss. I don't, however, walk around with my ***** hanging out to 'save time'. - cruelpupet, on 10/12/2007, -4/+142Other good reasons to turn off bluetooth...
1. It saves power and your battery will last longer between charges.
2. You are less likely to look like a wanker with the headset on 24/7 - Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -2/+105I guess I like living on the wild side, Bluetooth: Enabled.
- mwosh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+96Dugg because he used the word whilst in a title.
- Arkitan, on 10/12/2007, -9/+50@Grimdotdotdot
Greatest comment ever! - mhuggins, on 10/12/2007, -4/+44She can play with my Bluetooth anytime
- nfollmer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41screw numbers, get the pics
- howski, on 10/12/2007, -19/+56That's because RAZRs blow.
- rabidsnail, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31Bluesnarfing is FUN!
Video here: http://rehash.whatthehack.org/wth/rawtapes/wth-bluetooth-security/wth-bluetooth-security-70.mp4
There's an amazing amount you can do just with the standard linux bluetooth stack, but if you want to use your regular phone, Bloover and Bloover II let you play around without a computer. Not only can you make calls on other people's phones, but you can get their address books too. If you have a big antenna, amplifier, and a script you can drive around a densely populated area and get loads of phone numbers. Not that I've done that. - thisisfunah, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30i'd like to snarf that blonde
- BM5k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25Don't have to turn BT off to pull the headset out of your ear.
But I agree, the guys that wear their headsets all the time just look stupid. I keep mine in my pocket & only use it when being on the phone would be annoying. - TomP, on 10/12/2007, -9/+31I hate the real hustle all they do its create FUD
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -8/+29Why would you leave the BT on all the time anyway? It destroys your battery life. When I first got my RAZR I had it turned on and the phone wouldn't even make it through the day, but 10 or 11 it was dead. With it off it will go for a few days no problem
- TC-14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20I bet that made you feel like a grown man...
- GrimReeper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20I have a P900 phone and you can send messages different to a sms over bluetooth, when I get bored in a random place I just set my phone to search for other open bluetooth phones, once I have found someone I usually send them a message saying "Hi" or a picture saying the same in handwriting. Its fun because you see people looking around like wtf.
What is also good is that my phone has a option to allow you to turn on bluetooth but be indiscoverable to others. - judsond, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Well, that's not a fine.
- xorvious, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I am a copier tech who is always wrist deep in toner/ink or working on a machine, and it is very convenient to have my headset on the whole time I am working. It would defeat the purpose of having it if I had to drag it out of my pocket every time I get a call, not to mention making a mess. And besides, I am a geek who does not give a ***** how people think I look, I don't wear it as a fashion accessory.
- JohnyD, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Hefty fine? Burried as inaccurate. Please don't make ***** up when posting stories...
- yorxs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14This video is innacurate, they don't even have their terminology correct. What they are describing is not Bluejacking, it is Bluesnarfing. Also what they show happening only works on a few handset models, the technique they show does not work on the vast majority of phones.
Here is the list of vulnerable handsets taken from the Bluesnarfing section of bluejackq.com
- Motorola V80
- Motorola V800
- Nokia 6310i
- Nokia 7650
- Nokia 8910i
- Ericsson T39
- Ericsson R520m
- Ericsson T68
- Siemens S55
- Siemens SX1
- Sony Ericsson T68i
- Sony Ericsson T610
- Sony Ericsson T630
- Sony Ericsson Z600
- Sony Ericsson Z1010 - russau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Jessica Jane Clement
http://www.google.com/search?q=Jessica+Jane+Clement - Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17god that is an annoying show
random pointless camera movements, those stupid blue 'radio waves' and the obnoxious way of talking about things they obviously dont know about, they are little more then script kiddies parading as leet haxxors - belfastbiker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14If anyone tries to connect to me, it tells me and asks me to allow the connection.
Am I missing something?
Is there a list of phones that don't do this, coz if so, I won't be recommending thme to friends and family. - Pigeon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16I'm still using a phone from 1999 :( No bluetooth.
- Fluidity, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13And that's going to help you how when it's in your pocket still and being used remotely or are you going to have to keep taking out of your pocket ever 30 seconds to make sure no one is messing with it? Just turn bluetooth off!
- planetmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Every time I've tried to used bluetooth, I've always had to pair the devices and enter a code. Whilst I'm able to see other people's phones in public places I've never been able to connect without pairing first. Am I missing something here?
- patch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Feel free to take my pics. I keep goatse and tubgirl on my phone at all times!
- Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10As a small-headed heterosexual, I have to say I use "whilst" quite a lot. But then again, I'm British, over 40 and have a sufficiently large vocabulary that I don't have to rely on the rather limp 'douche bag' twice in a shortish posting.
... you snivelling toss-pot. - lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8According to the wikipedia article, the bluetooth has to be on AND in discoverable mode. Can anyone verify that?
If this is so, motorola phones already protect against it, since their software shuts off discoverable mode automatically 60 seconds after you turn it on. At that point it can only be discovered by devices it has already paired with. Can they circumvent that?
Considering everyone and their brother has a RAZR now, this would be difficult to do in america. - SeBBBe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8How about bluetooth on laptops? Any reason to turn off?
- rohanch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Real Hustle made this look much much worse than it actually is.
Only about 10 phones with bluetooth are affected, and they have all been patched with recent firmware I believe. The "hack" is basically that the affected phones will under some circumstances accept a pairing request without asking the user first. Once the phone is paired to the hacking computer, you can send commands over bluetooth serial including dialling numbers, dumping the phonebook, etc.
They also incorrectly used the term "bluejacking" which is actually just using bluetooth's ability to send vcard contacts as a method of sneakily sending anonymous messages to people. It's not hacking or dialing numbers at all, that's bluesnarfing.
List of vulnerable devices and accurate information:
http://www.thebunker.net/resources/bluetooth - magicmarc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11@ear1grey, he said "Outside of when you are driving". In the UK, it is only illegal to be driving and be on the phone without a wireless headset. Not to use a phone at all.
- heydroid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Its simple, don't go out in public. And when you do, stay away from others. For most of the Digg crowd, this is common practice anyway. ;p
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Damn, that blonde is hot......Dugg just for her
- ideagirl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I KNOW I look like uber-geek with my headset on, but I take 30+ calls a day, and have to be available 24/7. Being able to buy groceries/get gas/fix a computer/whatever with two hands, instead of balancing a tiny phone between my head and my shoulder, is worth the smug holier-than-thou looks I get from people who are lucky enough to only worry about taking three calls a day.
@Grimdotdotdot--damn funny penis joke, though. - LoungeActx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8What's so surprising about this? Most people don't even know bluetooth can be used for anything but using a headset. So they don't change their bluetooth password: 0000
If you don't believe me goto a movie theater, search for active devices, and try to pair. Simple as that, I guarantee using 0000 you'll get into many phones. - carlos1984, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Correct me if I'm wrong here but I have a Nokia 3230 and when I connect my bluetooth ear piece to it I have to manually allow the connection.
If you have to manually allow the connection doesn't this mean that this idea won't work with my phone? - mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11gawd.... put these in the freakin Videos section!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8they are real idiots. the hack works only on phones that use bluetooth 1.0 (this is why they made bluetooth 1.1). and it isn't called bluejacking it's called bluesnarfing or blooovering.
b.t.w. bluejacking is legal. it's sending anonymous messages through bluetooth to people in your phone's range. it's fun and can be done with almost every bluetooth phone (for more info go to bluejackQ.com). - MikeMcG, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8New age phreaking? This could be great for pranks, not just money making scams.
- pronouncable, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Sooo, who is that chick anyhoo?
- PhilH, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The show does take on a rather patronising tone at times. Clearly in this case they had no idea what they were talking about. Why don't they give us an expert on the matter, rather than somebody who looks pretty and can fake chemistry with other presenters.
- JimDigg, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15This is crap. Your Bluetooth phone can only be used by someone else if it's discoverable. I don't know of a phone that has this option turned on by default. When this option is not turned on, your phone will only connect with devices that it has an established paired connection to.
If the video is to be believed and the person was able to make a connection with 20 or so phones by just standing around, then there are lot of people turning on this Bluetooth option on their phones (can you say staged).
Also, Bluetooth is designed to replace short cables like keyboard cables and mouse cables. That is, it's only designed to work over a short distance (maybe a few yards or so). For this person to connect to someones phone and dial a number, he would need to follow the person around to maintain a short distance. Which means he would need to know who is carrying the phone he is connecting to. "Blue Jacking" as mentioned in the video is typical done in a location where people are setting down such as a coffee shop.
As a side not, most Bluetooth devices (when set to discoverable) will still prompt you to allow a connection to be made when you attempt a Bluetooth connection. I know my phone does that. Of course, I also don't walk around with my phone set to discoverable, there is no point in it. I don't have any devices that need to connect to my phone that are not already paired to it (note that your Bluetooth headset doesn't connect to your phone, it's the other way around).
Lastly (IMHO), Bluetooth is so unstable, that I'm surprised the guy was able to make a connection to even his own paired device. I stopped carrying my Bluetooth headset because half the time it wouldn't make a connection to my phone when I needed it to. Then I'd spend an hour trying to re-pair the device to get it to work.
- Jim - drbroccoli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Extra 15 minutes of battery life? (On my box)
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Some phones have real bad bluetooth security.
Most decent phones will prompt you to allow/deny a connection, and wait until you press something before anything can happen.
Just turn your phone off discoverable, and pair it with the devices you want to use it with. - AnteChronos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"the money you will loose"
I just had a mental image of throwing a handfull of bills into the air yelling, "Fly free, money! I set you loose!"
Oh, wait, you meant "lose". - Zeush8su, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Finally we will see less of those douchebags with the earpieces stuck to their head 24/7.
- HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Yeah, I leave the Bluetooth on on my Sony-Ericsson W810i. I still get 6 day standby. I used to get 7 until the new Cingular SIM ("3G SIM") came along.
I leave my Bluetooth on. My phone isn't set to be visible, so there's little someone can do to my phone. I don't think I even have my business card defined. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I love how they take this to epic proportions.. Like it was a CT defusing a C4 bomb in CS.
- wafflez, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I, for one, welcome our blue-toothed overlords.
- shosterman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7My battery is fine for 2 or 3 days without needing a charge and I leave Bluetooth on all the time. I have a Samsung t509 and talk maybe 10 - 20 minutes a day. I just hate buying new chargers, stupid brand specific charge ports.
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