How Snoops Can Track Your Wearables And Phone From Half A Mile Away

Yael Grauer, ReadWriteWeb
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 6:00am

Bluetooth is everywhere these days—from your Android Wear smartwatch and fitness tracker, to the iPhone in your pocket. Thanks to the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) profile, they can connect to each other easily without draining your battery power. All those wireless connections, however, could make irresistible targets for hackers and snoops, who—say researchers at Context Information Security—could use the same signals to track your location remotely.

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