Said to Allow Eavesdropping . Two researchers have found flaws in a widely heralded new wireless technology that could permit an eavesdropper to listen in on a digital conversation or determine the user's identity. The researchers are from Lucent Technologies, one of nine corporations cooperating to develop the technology, known as Bluetooth, whose backers say it will make possible a new era of effortless and untethered communication between all kinds of hand-held devices. The researchers also discovered that it was possible to obtain the identity of a Bluetooth device, making it traceable and potentially compromising the security of a user. All rights reserved.
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