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Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station (www.fox2detroit.com)
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Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station::undefined

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[โ€“] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course wired connection is inherently safer than wireless. There's no question about it. And yes you can absolutely exploit at every layer of communication, but this here is not the case of exploiting Bluetooth as transport layer. It's simply someone not configuring anything or adding any additional verification and just hoping no one finds out.

[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Okay, but your claim that my comparing Bluetooth to USB being like comparing Bluetooth to TCP is misinformed at best.