Researchers Find #Bluetooth Signals Can be Fingerprinted to Track Smartphones

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2022/06/researchers-find-bluetooth-signals-can.html

The #hardware defects, on the other hand, stem from the fact that both Wi-Fi and #BLE components are often integrated together into a specialized "combo chip," effectively subjecting Bluetooth to the same set of metrics that can be used to uniquely #fingerprint Wi-Fi devices: carrier #frequency offset and IQ imbalance.

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