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This $70 device can spoof an Apple device and trick you into sharing your password (techcrunch.com)
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[–] chrisphero 27 points 1 year ago (11 children)

And once again, the weakest link in the security chain are humans…

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Which humans are you blaming exactly?

I don't think it's fair to blame the users. They toggle bluetooth off and think it's off. How are they supposed to know "Bluetooth Off" means "Only some amount of Bluetooth is off"?
And I don't think designing a convincing phishing device is that much of a leap in logic. Bluetooth is off, so maybe the notification is legit from apple and needs authority for a connection?

If you blame the designers who left a backdoor in the bluetooth, then yea that's fair.

[–] EyesEyesBaby 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

How are they supposed to know "Bluetooth Off" means "Only some amount of Bluetooth is off"?

When bluetooth is on, the icon is blue. When connecting is off, the icon is white. When bluetooth is fully off, the icon is grey. The same goes for wifi. It even gives you a textual confirmation.

That's not new.

[–] chrisphero 2 points 1 year ago

Perhaps, they added, Apple could add a warning message when using the Control Panel toggles that alerts the user that tapping on its Bluetooth icon doesn’t completely shut off Bluetooth and their iPhone can still interact with proximity-activated beacons, such as Bochs’ contraption. So they are saying “off” isn’t really off if you do it in the control center, you have so go into settings to completely turn it off.

I don’t know if it turns itself black on (blue) when something is trying to connect.

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