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pogue 13 hours ago

This is apparently an issue in US made tasers & bodycams from Axon, which is the supplier to basically every police department in the US. So, I'm assuming they would have the same ability to be detected?

The man, who doesn't want to be named, showed Four Corners how he built his own proof-of-concept software, and is able to locate and track officers by the fixed, public MAC address assigned to any Axon bluetooth-enabled device.

The vulnerability is already being exploited overseas.

Border Patrol agents in the United States were reportedly told to stop using Axon body-worn cameras in the field last year after potential security risks with the devices were identified and an investigation launched.

Other hackers have shared instructional tutorials online.

"This is like quite an open secret," the man said.