[IP] Bluetooth annoyances
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 18, 2005 1:53:01 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Bluetooth annoyances
The movie industry seems intent on killing off Bluetooth phones.
Or maybe the fault belongs to phone manufacturers or the Bluetooth
standards developers, for building an overly-open network.
There's an advertising trial going on where people who walk past
kiosks in a few movie theaters receive a Bluetooth-transmitted
message inviting them to download a (free) movie trailer, ring
tone, or picture.
Leaving aside the question of why a random kiosk can set up an
association with random phones, this bodes ill for the future.
Imagine walking down the street or through a mall and having your
phone buzz incessantly, with an ad for each store you pass. (The
article didn't say whether or not phone owners could block such
access. I can't try it myself because I don't have a Bluetooth
phone, partly because of the security issues (such as "Bluesnarfing")
described in the media in the last year or so.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/technology/18bluetooth.html
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