Wireless wearable sensor uses movement to play or control music

We’ve seen a few gadgets that turn a user’s movement into music, including the Interactive Music Battle, the Motus and the Mictic. The latest entry comes from German startup the Instruments of Things, which takes the form of Bluetooth-enabled wearable … Continue reading Wireless wearable sensor uses movement to play or control music

Tracking People by their MAC Addresses

Yet another article on the privacy risks of static MAC addresses and always-on Bluetooth connections. This one is about wireless headphones.

The good news is that product vendors are fixing this:

Several of the headphones which could be tracked over time are for sale in electronics stores, but according to two of the manufacturers NRK have spoken to, these models are being phased out.

“The products in your line-up, Elite Active 65t, Elite 65e and Evolve 75e, will be going out of production before long and newer versions have already been launched with randomized MAC addresses. We have a lot of focus on privacy by design and we continuously work with the available security measures on the market,” head of PR at Jabra, Claus Fonnesbech says…

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I think my Bluetooth Keyboard has a keylogger, how can I tell, and can I remove it?

I have a Redragon K530, and I’ve noticed that it periodically uses a massive amount of bandwidth and completely saturates my bluetooth dongle. It’s very annoying because other devices connected at the time become inoperable when this happe… Continue reading I think my Bluetooth Keyboard has a keylogger, how can I tell, and can I remove it?