Zork
26th June 2005, 11:45 PM
Hello everyone,
I recently read / saw on TV that a lot of cell phones are vulnerable to hacking attempts through the bluetooth interface. I heard about these problems already quite a while ago but was let to believe that shutting off bluetooth or choosing the "do not reveal phone to others"-bluetooth-option would solve that problem.
Now I read something quite to the contrary - shutting off bluetooth does not help that much but instead a firmware upgrade is needed for a lot of cell phones.
Now I wonder whether or not my XDA II is safe when bluetooth is shut off.
Since my search query on this topic in this forum didn't return any results I post this question now - hoping to hear from some of you...
Thanx
Z.
I recently read / saw on TV that a lot of cell phones are vulnerable to hacking attempts through the bluetooth interface. I heard about these problems already quite a while ago but was let to believe that shutting off bluetooth or choosing the "do not reveal phone to others"-bluetooth-option would solve that problem.
Now I read something quite to the contrary - shutting off bluetooth does not help that much but instead a firmware upgrade is needed for a lot of cell phones.
Now I wonder whether or not my XDA II is safe when bluetooth is shut off.
Since my search query on this topic in this forum didn't return any results I post this question now - hoping to hear from some of you...
Thanx
Z.