Is Bluetooth devices are safe

According to the latest research it is safer to talk on Bluetooth Headset devices rather than holding your mobile phone to your ear. This is due to the fact that, as the range of the Bluetooth devices is only about 10 metres, the Bluetooth radio wave frequencies are much lower than the current standards. Wireless technologies are developing and diversifying rapidly. For example, WLAN, UWB, ZigBee and Wibree, are now entering several different market-areas, however, it is important to keep in mind that it usually takes time for new technologies to become an industry standard in their respective markets.



For instance, WLAN (a service that is already becoming more and more common in the mobile phone industry) is still not going to replace Bluetooth technology for quite a long time. As a result, though, new technology-based products are quickly being developed and will be offered to customers as soon as possible. It is highly unlikely that somebody could break into a given mobile phone by using a Bluetooth accessories.



The transferring of “mischief programs” from one mobile phone to another, have recently awaken some discussion regarding general security. According to the mobile phone manufacturers, these programs very rare and are not commonly used. Some people also feel that there is the chance that a “mischief program” could forward itself to another mobile phone by using multimedia or Bluetooth messages.



However, these attaches are easy to avoid by using simple common sense as this form of program-transferring usually requires the recipient to first “accept” the contact request from the “infected” Bluetooth Accessories, open the received message and install the program that is in the message—despite the mobile phone’s numerous security warnings. Mobile phone development is heading towards the direction where phones will soon be better prepared for these types of threats.