Bluetooth sniper rifle: Part II
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And wouldn’t someone – especially in LA-LA-Land – notice someone on a rooftop aiming what looks very much like a real rifle or machine gun such as the Bluetooth sniper rifle?
And aren’t there CCTV cameras situated in most urban areas?
To me, I think that anyone who actually uses this device in public – directed AT the public – even in "test" situations, will soon find themselves surrounded by – and the target of – REAL SWAT teams who WILL want to take them out.
It’s been known for years that Bluetooth is one of the worst inventions ever.
No professional technician I personally know recommends having a device with Bluetooth. And they will not install Bluetooth devices in any pc they build, unless the customer specifically asks for it.
And if they do ask for it, the techs always do their best to discourage it.
The advent of wi-fi, Bluetooth, and other wireless tools, telephones, and peripherals has enabled the various communities of hackers more easily to destroy data, and allowed more criminals to gain access to, and exploit, steal and sell personal information and identities.
Criminals are still able to clone mobile phone numbers despite new encryption technologies, and Bluetooth only makes this, and the theft of personal info, logging keystrokes and more, that much easier and profitable.
Bluetooth should be banned. It’s like hanging a sign around your neck goading unscrupulous persons or groups to steal from you.
And don’t get me started on GPS! LOL! That’s another unneeded, intrusive piece of garbage.
– catflap
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March 15th, 2005 at 8:50 pm
lol, and your security credentials are?can you please quote some of these ‘technicians’,
“It’s been known for years that Bluetooth is one of the worst inventions ever. ” can you reference sources for this statement?
bloggers without sources is what degrades journalistic integrity
March 15th, 2005 at 9:24 pm
it’s my comment, and it’s my right to comment openly on things i know something about.
here are a few noteworthy examples.
“Why Bluetooth Bites” Part 1 – http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1499745,00.asp
and Part 2:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1495716,00.asp
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2913779,00.html
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2913844,00.html
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2913840,00.html
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2913845,00.html
you can google yourself for more fun facts about how “great” bluetooth is. i’m not your private encyclopedia.
as far as the technicians i personally know who despise bluetooth – as well as anything made by Apple/Mac, i don’t have their permission to attribute quotes from them in public forums. they do have to make money, you know. but they discourage use of bluetooth and apple tech as a general rule, and don’t install any unless a client insists on it.
i’m not a blogger. i resent being referred to as one. personal blogs are stupid things. i don’t have one. never will. but if you insist on thinking i am one, then i also should have the right to protect the identity of my personal sources. i don’t work for apple or IBM, so they can’t fire me for my comments.
who are you, “anonymous coward”? (as you’re called when you don’t log in.)
— catflap
March 15th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
it’s my comment. you don’t have to agree with it. i don’t care. i’m not getting into a long discussion with you here on the “pros” and CON(JOBS) of bluetooth. i don’t believe this is the proper place for that sort of thing.
March 15th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
“And don’t get me started on GPS! LOL! That’s another unneeded, intrusive piece of garbage.”
If your talking about “Global Positioning System”, then what’s wrong with it?
The satellites are the ones sending the signals containing the position and time the signals are sent.
The receiver receives a number of signals simultaneously and computes it’s own position with this data.
No signal is ever sent anywhere by the basic GPS receiver.
About the only problem with GPS is when you don’t receive 3 or 4 signals.
March 15th, 2005 at 10:32 pm
i’m against anything that intrudes on my privacy. i’m against the ECHELON project. i don’t want my locations and activities being monitored by anyone or anything. i don’t want my fridge to talk to my pc or telephone, and then order milk for me when i’m not home. i don’t want satellites tracking me or recording my conversations or sms messages. i don’t want to be microchipped “for safety reasons” against terrorism. i don’t want my personal life to be sent to unknowns. i don’t want biometric info on my passport or driver’s license which will track my every movement. all of these things are/will be possible with GPS.
anyway, i did say not to get me started on it. LOL!
if jon prints a story regarding pros and/or cons of GPS at some point, if it’s relative, i might post a comment about it. 
March 15th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
oh, i did want to say that i know the point of tom’s networking site’s article, and building the “rifle”, is to show just how unsafe and insecure bluetooth is. and if anyone builds one and attempts to use it on the general public – for any reason – i feel they will have a lot of legal troubles when they’re caught – if they aren’t killed by a SWAT team first.
a quote from the article: “Bluetooth is wide open and most people have no idea what can be done to their devices.”
’nuff said.
March 15th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
wot a loads of crap, i use bluetooth all the time and never have had any probs!
March 15th, 2005 at 11:35 pm
Whats the point of having a bluetooth sniper rifle anyways?
March 16th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
You can’t snipe blue teeth without a bluetooth sniper’s rifle, stupid !
March 17th, 2005 at 5:28 pm
Your concerns are clearly not about GPS.
The only signals sent in GPS are sent by satellite.
There is no ability to send signals FROM receivers in stadard GPS.
Watch out for RFID or radio broadcasts then, not GPS.