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How a bug in an obscure chip exposed a billion smartphones to hackers(wired.com)

6 points by G8WyaX 8 years ago | 2 comments

bradknowles 8 years ago |

This story is from July 2017. Any time-sensitive comments that are made should be interpreted in that context.

Otherwise, a good story and an important point to review, in case anyone hasn't already applied this patch.

G8WyaX 8 years ago | |

You are right. The story of Sept 2017 is this one: "HEY, TURN BLUETOOTH OFF WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT" https://www.wired.com/story/turn-off-bluetooth-security/ , original: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990994-Armis-WP-Blu...