can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.

How good is he?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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> can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.

thank's wes! will let you know

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> How good is he?
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> Hope this helps. Let us know.
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> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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> In news:B3FF6F73-1C7D-4C9F-874F-(E-Mail Removed),
> TINYTAN <(E-Mail Removed)(donotspam)> hunted and pecked:
> > can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.
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"TINYTAN" wrote:

> can my next door neighbour,hack into my bluetooth device.

Yes, they/He/she can if they want or by accident if their bluetooth is
enabled and not secured.
Avoid wireless attacks through your Bluetooth cell phone
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...th_mobile.mspx
You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you install the
Bluetooth stack and detect a Bluetooth device in Microsoft Windows XP Service
Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892891
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Security
Bluetooth Wireless Security FAQs
www.virus.org/faqs/task,cat/catid,32/
HTH.
nass

you can turn off auto discovery.



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thanks everyone!

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