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> Android: disable Bluetooth when you're not using it (but you'll be vulnerable while you are). Page says it only works for stuff that doesn't require password
by magicalhippo 3y ago
> Android: disable Bluetooth when you're not using it (but you'll be vulnerable while you are).
Page says it only works for stuff that doesn't require password or biometrics.
I actively lock my phone when not using it, and surely I'd see the activity of the keystrokes being sent when using my device, no?
In that case it doesn't seem that horrible to leave Bluetooth enabled.
- Aachen 3y ago> surely I'd see the activity of the keystrokes being sent when using my device, no? That was my first thought as well. Then I remembered how much time my device spends in my pocket or on my nightstand
- magicalhippo 3y agoRight, but can it enter keystrokes when the device is locked? As in use the device "behind" the lock screen?
- Aachen 3y agoI don't have a device lock because I keep the thing on my body and anyone violating that will also get the password anyhow and I don't want to have to authenticate a million times a day. That logic worked until now I guess :/
- mihalycsaba 3y agoDoes this even work without pairing?
- ranguna 3y agoThe vulnerabilities work by tricking the Bluetooth host state-machine into pairing with a fake keyboard without user-confirmation.
- davrosthedalek 3y agoNot sure. Doesn't the iphone lock you out for a day if you enter your pin wrong too often? If that pin-entering can be done via bluetooth.... More a prank than an attack, but still quite annoying.