| ▲ | kccqzy 5 hours ago | |
> being IoT or BT enabled Please don’t conflate these two. I have lots of BLE wearables and other sensors. They only send data to my own computer which I control, unlike IoT devices which by definition send to a third party on the Internet. To me it is far more important to protect against strangers on the Internet versus someone wardriving the neighborhood. On a related note, did you know that EU has a Radio Equipment Directive (RED 2014/53/EU) that came into effect in 2025. It all but guarantees that such Bluetooth communication will be encrypted. | ||
| ▲ | bigiain an hour ago | parent [-] | |
> I have lots of BLE wearables and other sensors. They only send data to my own computer which I control That's perhaps technically correct, but a naive interpretation of the risk. I don't need to see the data your BLE devices are sending you, all I need is traffic analysis and meta data from the signals they are broadcasting - and they broadcast that to anyone within detection range which includes attackers with much higher gain antennas than you who can likely pick up those broadcasts at ten times the distance any of your devices will communicate at. "Flying helicopters low and slow over the Tucson desert in Arizona, the FBI has been using "signal sniffers" to try to locate Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker. As the search for the 84-year-old mother of US Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie entered its third week, investigators took to the sky with advanced bluetooth technology. They were hoping to pick up signals emitted from the device implanted in Ms Guthrie's chest to help trace her whereabouts, US media outlets NewsNation and Fox News reported." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-16/nancy-guthrie-pacemak... | ||