One of the most innovative uses of a Palm with Bluetooth was "Boss Alert."
Only the Boss hated it.
Bob
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The explosion in the number of Bluetooth-enabled devices used by office workers could compromise corporate network security, according to digital security consulting firm @stake.
Class one Bluetooth devices, such as laptops and mobile phones, have a 100m transmission range that could allow rogue third parties to hack sensitive company information without the need to bypass a firm?s network security measures.
"With this class of device, wireless transmission of information leaves the office environment and travels anywhere an employee does. This means that third parties can access information without penetrating the physical security of an office or dealing with the problems of circumventing existing network security," said Ollie Whitehouse, director of security architecture at @stake. "The onus really is on vendors to ensure that all devices are optimised for security before they are put in the hands of customers."
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