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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i thought u had to have a PIN that u set on both devices for u to be able to recieve and send things.

but there is a lot of stuff about it in the news, not sure if its blue tooth, but people are intercepting signals from laptops

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Thats the 802.11 family mate (e.g. a,b or G), get a program that allows you to war drive (drive around in ur car with an antena sticking out ur window connected to ur lap top) and u just pick up wireless networks, half are witch unsecured so u just use there bandwidth lol, free net access!

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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i thought u had to have a PIN that u set on both devices for u to be able to recieve and send things.

but there is a lot of stuff about it in the news, not sure if its blue tooth, but people are intercepting signals from laptops

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Class 1 devices are 100m aren't they?

edit - snap Claire!:mad:
If the computer's set to discoverable then it's vulnerable, but you need to enter the passcode to pair with any device.

[Edited on 11-10-2004 by James_DT]

100m

indeed but if you're sitting on the bus / train using it

Doesn't BT only have a range of only 10m?

exactly so to link another phone to your laptop you would need to go through all the connections rubbish and then agree on a pin code between the two devices so therefore unless someone gained access to your laptop the average joe wouldn't be able to harm your computer in anyway. However, if someone was pretty tasty they might be able to get access somehow.

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Originally posted by Claire G
Well you need a PIN to link phones to devices like headsets/in car kits etc but not to send data...

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you can set up authentication to only accept from certain devices , but yes in a way you are at threat , as mobile phone viruses that transfer using blue tooth automaticly

Well you need a PIN to link phones to devices like headsets/in car kits etc but not to send data...

i thought u had to have a PIN that u set on both devices for u to be able to recieve and send things.

but there is a lot of stuff about it in the news, not sure if its blue tooth, but people are intercepting signals from laptops

:boggle: I know that the range is not very big but in theory could your computer be invaded by someone using bluetooth? (asuming your comp is bluetooth enabled ofcourse)
Ive just bought a bluetooth dongle and can see other things around the house (other computers/phones) and send them files without them having to accept (well computers - Im not sure on phones - think they have to say yay or nay)