Re: [privacy] Nokia develops a new, short-range wireless technology

["Matthew Murphy" <mattmurphy () kc rr com>]

On 10/3/06, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> I thought the biggest drawback to bluetooth was the security issues,
> like bbproxy and others.
>
> I guess nokia (and most consumers) only care about power and speed :-(
>
> -JP

I suspect you're partly right.  The other likely possibility here is
that the security problem is "harder" than the speed/power problems to
solve.  It would make sense to downplay the security problems of
Bluetooth if Nokia has no real solution for them.
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