This week’s column – Snarf

By | April 16, 2004

This week’s Loose Wire column is about Bluetooth security:

 Next time you’re carrying your whiz-bang Bluetooth phone watch out: Serious flaws mean your contact numbers and other info stored in the phone could be stolen without you even knowing it. This latest threat is called Bluesnarfing.  

Full text at the Far Eastern Economic Review (subscription required, trial available) or at WSJ.com (subscription required). Old columns at feer.com here.

For readers looking for more resources on snarfing, check out the snarf page on Loose Wire Cache.

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