Re: OT: Bluetoothisti

On 2 Oct, 14:25, elyob <newsprof...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, waiting for a train last night at Waterloo, someone tries to send
a 3gp file to my phone. I hit ignore, a minute later, they were back
again, ignore, a minute later they were back again, switch off
bluetooth.

I use bluetooth quite a lot to my PC, so generally just leave it on.
However, was just wondering what the security risk of accepting the
file. Would I just get a video of some bloke knocking one out (which I
really wouldn't want), some girl with a champagne bottle being hidden
(which I'd happily have), or would someone have access to my phone via
bluesnurfing or similar and be able to grab all my contacts book etc?

Personally they can f**k right off, as why would you be bothering to
send to complete strangers, but just wondered the potential risks ...


I have mine switched off, mainly because I haven't actually figured
out what it is and what it does yet.

.

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