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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by yumaikas on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:23PM (#15232119)
Does keeping the BlueTooth radio turned off help here?
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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by sevensor on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:42PM (#15232396)
I have the same question -- I turned off the Bluetooth radio on my phone the day I got it, and I've never turned it back on. But does that mean the radio is actually powered down, or is the phone blocking Bluetooth at a higher level? Similarly, or possibly the same question, is an rfkill soft block adequate for a laptop with bluetooth?
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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by kelnos on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:03PM (#15234612)
On a laptop, if you want to be sure, you can at least do `sudo modprobe -r btusb` (or whatever your particular chipset's BT driver is called).
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Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by sevensor on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:12AM (#15247587)
A very good point -- that's definitely better than rfkill.
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