Can a bluetooth phone be hacked or not

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YES IT CAN

Especialy with cell phones it is very easy to hack the phone using the
bluetooth connection of a lap top
All it needs is a linux opperating system and a programma such as btscanner.

I have seen a item off this today on a consumer programme warning people how
easy it is to download ALL data from there phone to that lap top.
And after sending a general SMS to all cell phones with bluetooth that where
on the square.
4 people showed up to ask what was going on with there phone only to here it
had been HACKED.

Even politicians have no clue because they where the second group to fall
victim to this guy and after hearing there list off appointments from a
total stranger they turned off there phone and bought a new phone WITHOUT
bluetooth.

Bluetooth is nice but it is so easy to hack.

O and once you have hacked a bluetooth phone you also use that persons phone
to spy on them because it has a microphone and a transmitter.
Easy to see if that guy is with his wife or secret girlfriend.
And placing a call with the STOLEN IMEI code is from this point easy and the
phone no longer has to be in bluetooth range to be hacked.

So if you have a bluetooth phone be very very carefull or I will hack it.
LOL

(>'.'< )

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(>'.'< ) wrote:
> YES IT CAN
>
> Especialy with cell phones it is very easy to hack the phone using the
> bluetooth connection of a lap top
> All it needs is a linux opperating system and a programma such as btscanner.
>
> I have seen a item off this today on a consumer programme warning people how
> easy it is to download ALL data from there phone to that lap top.
> And after sending a general SMS to all cell phones with bluetooth that where
> on the square.
> 4 people showed up to ask what was going on with there phone only to here it
> had been HACKED.
>
> Even politicians have no clue because they where the second group to fall
> victim to this guy and after hearing there list off appointments from a
> total stranger they turned off there phone and bought a new phone WITHOUT
> bluetooth.
>
> Bluetooth is nice but it is so easy to hack.
>
> O and once you have hacked a bluetooth phone you also use that persons phone
> to spy on them because it has a microphone and a transmitter.
> Easy to see if that guy is with his wife or secret girlfriend.
> And placing a call with the STOLEN IMEI code is from this point easy and the
> phone no longer has to be in bluetooth range to be hacked.
>
> So if you have a bluetooth phone be very very carefull or I will hack it.
> LOL
>
> (>'.'< )

Is it the protocol that can be hacked, or just an implementation?

I have a Nokia 6600, I leave bluetooth on but not discoverable. Is there
a vulnerability there? Unless I have paired and authorised your device
it will prompt me to allow any incoming connections. The most you could
do is attempt to send me a vCard, which I can choose to accept or not.

How would you go about using someones phone to spy on them with
bluetooth? Connecting to the audio gateway profile? Most phones cannot
act as a bluetooth headset device in this way. Wouldn't you also need to
be within bluetooth range of them at the time? If you are sitting only
5-10 meters away listening with a laptop you can probably tell who they
are with and what they are saying anyway.

Or do you mean that once hacked, you can automatically install some
software on the phone that will record and transmit calls over GPRS to
some predetermined internet address? Now we are limiting possible
targets to smartphones, and again most implementations will not allow
software to be installed without some user interaction.

Placing a call with a stolen IMEI? Well you could do that anyway without
bluetooth, but how does bluetooth help you discover what someones IMEI is?

I'm sure you don't need Linux to attempt to hack someones phone, any OS
will do as long as there is a bluetooth device, drivers, and appropriate
software.

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Turn off discovery, and allow connect of only paired devices ... how are you going to "hack" that?

What you described below is not really hacking ... come on now.

B H

"(>'.'< )" <kirby@kirby.kirby> wrote in message news:cjt5qh$htb$1@news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
: YES IT CAN
:
: Especialy with cell phones it is very easy to hack the phone using the
: bluetooth connection of a lap top
: All it needs is a linux opperating system and a programma such as btscanner.
:
: I have seen a item off this today on a consumer programme warning people how
: easy it is to download ALL data from there phone to that lap top.
: And after sending a general SMS to all cell phones with bluetooth that where
: on the square.
: 4 people showed up to ask what was going on with there phone only to here it
: had been HACKED.
:
: Even politicians have no clue because they where the second group to fall
: victim to this guy and after hearing there list off appointments from a
: total stranger they turned off there phone and bought a new phone WITHOUT
: bluetooth.
:
: Bluetooth is nice but it is so easy to hack.
:
: O and once you have hacked a bluetooth phone you also use that persons phone
: to spy on them because it has a microphone and a transmitter.
: Easy to see if that guy is with his wife or secret girlfriend.
: And placing a call with the STOLEN IMEI code is from this point easy and the
: phone no longer has to be in bluetooth range to be hacked.
:
: So if you have a bluetooth phone be very very carefull or I will hack it.
: LOL
:
: (>'.'< )
:
:

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"Bob H" <ylp17410@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
news:6TR8d.314864$mD.74906@attbi_s02...
Turn off discovery, and allow connect of only paired devices ... how are you
going to "hack" that?
What you described below is not really hacking ... come on now.
B H


In the programm they showed the people that reacted to the bluetooth-message
(sending a contact with the message in the name-box) the content of their
phone, including pictures taken with that gsm.
So... yes it is possible.

Peter