[Arm-netbook] Geotooth

"Sztupák Sz. Zsolt" mail at sztupy.hu
Thu Jul 12 10:06:41 BST 2012


2012.07.12. 10:00 keltezéssel, Gordan Bobic írta:
> On 07/12/2012 08:50 AM, lkcl luke wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>  wrote:
>>>    On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:18:58 -0400, Derek LaHousse<dlahouss at mtu.edu>
>>>> Can anyone speak to the
>>>> ease of modifying the bluetooth MAC?  Also, slave devices (headsets,
>>>> cars, etc) which make bluetooth on a laptop useful are much more
>>>> trackable.
>>>    This is all totally academic and doesn't work in the real world.
>>    with about 3 minutes of quick searching, nothing particularly
>> onerous, there's a number of commercial products available that can do
>> half-mile range, several hacks that can do 1 mile range, one that can
>> do a 28 mile range, and a number of commercial products for sniffing
>> phones.
>>
>>    http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2004-11/bluetooth-mile-away
>>    http://www.blueradios.com/hardware_SC40-1W.htm
>>    http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/aircable-offers-up-28-mile-bluetooth-range-extender/
>>    http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/05/03/13/2146221/build-your-own-bluetooth-sniper-rifle
>>    https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=paris+hilton+address+book+bluetooth
>>    http://www.ehow.com/list_6918384_bluetooth-spy-tools.html
>>    http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5291315-7.html
> And this works without a clear line of sight and, in the case of
> directional antennas, without know very closely where the target is in
> the first place?
>
>
And you still have the problem that most BT enabled devices don't 
actually use their bluetooth module, unless specially requested, and 
even then only for the duration of the "transaction" (and they are only 
in "visible" mode only during pairing, which only takes a few seconds).

  SztupY



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