Bluetooth Security Risk

No other transmission method for sending files or connecting devices so popular such as Bluetooth is tips for safe handling with the popular data interfaces in Bruhl. The universal standard, work with mobile phones and accessories of all manufacturers, offers not only comfort, but also improper use considerable security risks. Read more here: Kai-Fu Lee. Quickly synchronize the phone with the electronic calendar, which copy party pictures from the weekend on the own memory card or just use your phone as a modem. Thanks to the universal transmission standard Bluetooth can all these tasks in a matter of seconds and without elaborate cabling by laptop or mobile work. Many headsets and hands-free devices use Bluetooth for a comfortable and above all uncomplicated connection to mobile phones of all manufacturers. The standard protocol is also an open door for hackers, from whose access you can protect if you took a few simple precautions and the data thieves do not inadvertently on your own cell phone Invites.

“There aren’t a hundred percent protection against intruders using Bluetooth. Anyway you can with few provisions, ensure that data spies have it much more difficult”, says Jan Freynick, editor in Chief of inside-handy.de mobile portal. Fatooo, referred to as the “biggest problem” for data security that “many mobile users Bluetooth consciously or unconsciously constantly visible and enabled.” It was therefore particularly important to raise the awareness of the users: “no one can insert the key from the outside on the doorstep or stand his car unlocked. When just as sensitive to deal with the Bluetooth interface, nothing says, to use the comfortable and versatile transmission technology in everyday mobile.” In the latest magazine post, the editorial staff of the mobile portal inside-handy.de reported attack points of data thieves, and the most important principles to protect foreign access effectively your own cell phone. Link to the magazine: magazine/170.html about inside-handy.de: Inside-handy.de is the mobile-knowledge portal of the inside-intermedia online publishing GmbH & co. KG from Bruhl and has one of the most comprehensive mobile databases in the German-speaking Internet (more than 350 features, with over 1300 units).

It aims, understandable, easy and currently represent the complex content of mobile telephony. Inside-handy.de has a large News area with newsletter and RSS feed, a mobile Finder, calculator, test reports, Forum, dictionary and much more. Inside-handy.de has almost 10 million pageviews (according to IVW) per month of one of the strongest range mobile portals in Germany. Press inquiries/copy: inside-intermedia online publishing GmbH & co. KG editorial inside-handy.de Mr. Christian Koch Bahnhofstrasse 11 D 50321 Bruhl FON: + 49 (0) 2232-50 44 61 0 fax: + 49 (0) 2232-50 44 61 9 email: Internet: press area: press /.