Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 264: "4 Goofy Nicknames (And 1 Sniper Rifle) For Hacking Bluetooth"
Update: 2025-09-29
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This is the bonus show for Episode 264! (Bluetooth)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of hacking Bluetooth devices. It gets weirder, Hollywood-ier, and weapon-ier than you'd think.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- 'Rifle' Sniffs Out Vulnerability in Bluetooth Devices (NPR)
- The College Dropout Who Invested Billions to Cozy Up With Elon Musk (Wall Street Journal)
- How Some “Very Creepy Shrek Memes” AirDropped to Producers Led to Thriller ‘Drop’ (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A young traveler sent a bomb threat via AirDrop to fellow passengers. They're now facing charges. (USA Today)
- Bluetooth Low Energy Channels & Frequencies (Electronics-Notes.com)
- What’s Bluetooth LE Audio? Explaining the spec and what it means for wireless sound (Ars Technica)
- How to protect yourself from a Bluetooth cyber attack (Santander)
- What is bluesnarfing? (Microsoft 365 Life Hacks)
- What is bluebugging? (Microsoft 365 Life Hacks)
- New Attack exploiting serious Bluetooth weakness can intercept sensitive data (Ars Technica)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: CAPTCHAs
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