Comments on: Bluetooth Headsets Compromise Security, Make You Look Stupid http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/ Important stuff about mobiles, Linux and copyright... and sometimes not. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:36:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ed Miller http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3306 Ed Miller Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:30:54 +0000 http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3306 AC: I think they made those ones iwth the flashing blue lights so that people would notice how much of an idiot you look like with one of them on.... The IT security people at my work also recommend that you not make your Bluetooth device discoverable unless you're syncing two devices for the first time. Turn discoverable off once they've finished linking. This applies for computers as well as PDAs, phones, and anything else with Bluetooth. Ed AC:

I think they made those ones iwth the flashing blue lights so that people would notice how much of an idiot you look like with one of them on….

The IT security people at my work also recommend that you not make your Bluetooth device discoverable unless you’re syncing two devices for the first time. Turn discoverable off once they’ve finished linking. This applies for computers as well as PDAs, phones, and anything else with Bluetooth.

Ed

]]> By: Tim G http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3292 Tim G Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:37:18 +0000 http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3292 Sorry, I cant live without mine, no wonder how alien I look...jawbone all the way! Sorry, I cant live without mine, no wonder how alien I look…jawbone all the way!

]]> By: AC http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3289 AC Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:42:06 +0000 http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3289 I did indeed, until I realized that having another radio (albeit a smaller one) next to my skull wasn't really doing anything to solve the whole "radiation of the noggin" issue. That, and it also looked retarded. That's why I gave mine to Kevin on his birthday. Shhh... I did indeed, until I realized that having another radio (albeit a smaller one) next to my skull wasn’t really doing anything to solve the whole “radiation of the noggin” issue.

That, and it also looked retarded. That’s why I gave mine to Kevin on his birthday. Shhh…

]]> By: Lord Wat http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3288 Lord Wat Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:27:21 +0000 http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bluetooth-headset-security/#comment-3288 Um... didn't you use to wear one? Um… didn’t you use to wear one?

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