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TECH_ SECURITY_ Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security experts

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Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security experts

By Brooke Crothers | Fox News




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The Fox News Investigative Unit got a first-hand look at the vulnerabilities of U.S. election equipment at the DEF CON 27 Hacking Conference in Las Vegas.


Your Bluetooth connection is unsafe. Very unsafe. That’s the message from the largest hacker convention.

Bluetooth, which is a wireless technology for connecting everything from wireless earphones to car entertainment systems, is hacker heaven.

It's bad enough that attendees at the hacker convention DEF CON are advising to turn it off when not in use, as noted in reports from Security Boulevard and Mashable.


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“People can track you with your Bluetooth devices. The problem is chronic with devices like headphones [and] fitness trackers,” noted Security Boulevard in a post entitled “Securing devices for DEF CON,” adding that many Bluetooth devices “seem to have gaping holes just waiting to be hacked.”

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READ MORE: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/turn-off-your-bluetooth-warn-security-experts


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