Thinking of getting a blue-tooth keyboard/mouse, is there a security issue? - TechRepublic
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October 12, 2008 at 01:35 PM
sandman28

Thinking of getting a blue-tooth keyboard/mouse, is there a security issue?

by sandman28 . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

Howdy guys,

As in title I’m thinking of getting a blue-tooth mouse/keyboard set, like the mx5500 and was just wondering whether there were potentially any security concerns. I was thinking that even if someone could crack the blue-tooth signal and pickup what keys were being entered, it would only appear as a random set of keys which wouldn’t give them passwords, until they started seeing the same words appear (like my name) and recognisable things like @hotmail and @yahoo for my passwords. Is there anyway to encrypt the signals the keyboard is sending to the computer or is it already safe?

Cheers
Sandman28

P.S I have a limited knowledge (as well as a limited desire to understand) of how blue-tooth works (as it just a means to an end), hence asking you knowledgeable gurus!

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