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Old 24 October 2003, 03:30 PM
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If i am on a train and have a PDA or phone with Bluetooth enabled, can someone else with a Bluetooth device scan and find my device and then do anything with it ?

I ask this as out of curiosity on the train home last night i switched the Bluetooth on my Ipaq and scanned and found 3 phones.

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Old 24 October 2003, 03:32 PM
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Yep definately. Have you set up pairing with a pin number ?
Old 24 October 2003, 04:50 PM
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Store a funny saved contact on your phone and send it to them over bluetooth. I used to do it at my old work. Its a good laugh cos they don't have a clue where its come from.
Old 24 October 2003, 08:28 PM
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Ohh yes.

Have a look at http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/info_gathering/ and look at RedFang for a real cool tool.

Probably the of the next next security scares will come from B/T.

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...and this on The Register the other day.

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oh yes, great fun bluejacking with the P800!
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