New Bluetooth Safety Guidelines
14 January 2005 in Phones | Comments enabled
Following the spread of worms and other pestwares via Bluetooth between phones running Symbian, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released new safety guidelines for Bluetooth phones. One guideline, or tip, is:
Users should not accept files from unknown or suspicious entities. Users should not download or install unknown or suspicious software. If the origin of the software is unknown, it should not be installed. If the device gives a security warning during installation, carefully consider if installation should continue.
Sounds like good ol’ sense to me, but unfortunately not to everyone. Many people think “wow, great someone is sending me free software” and choose to install the worm Cabir or some other virus/worm/pestware. I wonder where common sense in computing has gone? 
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