Security Notice | Bluetooth® Technology Website
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Researchers at EURECOM have issued a report to the Bluetooth SIG that identifies that BR/EDR devices supporting Secure Connections pairing and Secure Simple Pairing in Bluetooth® Core Specifications 4.

I recalled reading about this at the beginning of this month, I haven’t seen any updates on a fix or anything. Figured I’d ponder it with you folks over here.

I have since stopped using most of my Bluetooth devices as a precaution. How real of a threat is this vulnerability? Thanks and sorry if this kind of post is in the wrong spot.

    • @Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Thanks for responding, I don’t necessarily have any risk, but just didn’t want to open myself up to anything since I didn’t quite understand what information could be taken. Better safe than sorry approach you know?

      But good to know that in being selective in permissions can mitigate some issues. I worry about a few family members who are not tech literate at all and use rail travel for work that puts them around people in masse and frivolously give permissions to their devices in different vehicles.