Ok so I have searched and can't find anything regarding this topic.
I have story that's pretty interesting that my friend told me last night and its been bugging me all night.
The story is as following:
A female friend of mine went to the store lastnight around 12am to buy something for her son in the morning. We live in the city (nyc) and of course at that time people do be outside but not many people. As she's walkin out the store there is a couple of guys out who begin to harass her, one of which owned a blackberry and saw her BBMing on her phone and then shouted at her "can I get your BBM" but she ignored him, then he says "I'm gonna get it anyways sweety" and again she ignored him. Minutes after that she then gets a request o her BBM, she accepted it thinkinb it was someone she knew but saw the name and it didn't ring a bell. She asked the person who requested her who it was and the person BBMing her replied with "look behind you". She freaked out, deleted the contact and told me to call her to keep her company and make sure she made it home.
Now I had no idea that this was possible to get some ones BBM pin with out even having contact with a person. I wanted to know is this possible? She told me that at one point the guy was close enough that she noticed he had a storm. She didn't even speak to this person at all except for asking who it was that was BBMing her.
The only possible vector I can think of that one might possibly be able to "lift' a BB pin would be via Bluetooth. Maybe your friend's BB was Bluesnarfed Bluesnarfing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You should never leave your Bluetooth in Discoverable mode. You only need to be discoverable long enough to pair with another device. Once paired, disable discovery, and you will be invisible to other Bluetooth devices. That will eliminate almost all bluetooth vulnerability.
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Wow! That is why I love this site so much! I never fail to learn something new each and every time I visit. The people and info on this site are outstanding! Now I know something about bluetooth I never would have thought possible. I'll have to watch out for that!
You should never leave your Bluetooth in Discoverable mode. You only need to be discoverable long enough to pair with another device. Once paired, disable discovery, and you will be invisible to other Bluetooth devices. That will eliminate almost all bluetooth vulnerability.
Thanks Jeff! That is a good tip! I just checked and mine is off, but I wouldn't have known about it without the valuable info I learn here everyday on CB!
Try this. Go into a business and put your berry in pairing mode. You will be surprised how many phones come up as an option to pair with. This will happen with any Bluetooth enabled device.
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