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A Simple Firmware Update Completely Hides a Device’s Bluetooth Fingerprint

The method is a fix to a vulnerability discovered by the same UC San Diego research team in 2022 A smartphone’s unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device’s user–until now. A team of researchers have developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability. The method was developed by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego. The team discovered the vulnerability caused by Bluetooth fingerprint...

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