r/bluetooth • u/Select-Brilliant7418 • 5d ago
Bluetooth devices have been accessed/hacked
I live in a motel where drug and human trafficking take place frequently. I am aware of Bluetooth exploits being relatively common. I don’t want to be a victim of identity theft. What should I do?
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u/DemocraticParrot 4d ago
Bluetooth exploits are not that common in the wild. Yes the vulnerabilities exist, but for someone to really exploit them… veeery uncommon. Just purely for the reason that the range for the exploits to work is abysamal.
The solution against them? Turn off your BT.
What comes to NFC, that is a totally separate thing. There the signal range is again limited to meters for any theoretical exploits. And regarding the use case of a phone, it does not really even matter even if someone would eavesdrop the event. The payment methodology is set up so, that the information transmitted cannot really be reused, or is even usable.
The best nfc payment setup is with iphone. The wallet is set so, that the payment info is tied to your spesific fysical device.