This function of the iPhone, you don't have to turn it off

Last week, the annual hackathon kicked off in Las Vegas.

Since it is a gathering of hackers, there are some wonderful jobs.

At the show, a hacker named Jae Bochs discovered that many people in the room were using iPhones.

So he had a whim and took out the following homemade equipment.

This device is used for Bluetooth low energy communication.

In other words, the hacker could connect via Bluetooth and send the edited information to those who use iPhones at the show.

Huh? Isn't that the effect of the show?

The hackers sent "Connect Apple ID" and "Share password with Apple TV" messages directly to all iPhones.

It can fool many users, Apple ID password.

Maybe everyone thinks, who will believe that kind of information?

You don't say that the information sent through that device is exactly the same as the notification sent by Apple's ecological device.

For example, this Apple TV pairing prompt can be completely fake.

As a result, many people handed over their Apple ID passwords on the spot...

Apple's Apple ID has a high authority, and the consequences of leakage are quite serious.

But the hacker said he was just experimenting and wasn't really trying to steal privacy.

He wanted everyone to know.

Turning off Bluetooth in [Control Center] is not really "off".

That's just leaving iPhones and other Bluetooth devices disconnected.

The Bluetooth service, which is still running in the background, is still running.

Hackers can use this "design" to steal privacy if they want to.

However, at present, manufacturers who do ecology do not want to see users completely turn off Bluetooth.

After all, you have to connect your own audio, smart watches and other devices...

If Apple can add a prompt for iOS to turn on/off Bluetooth in the control center, it is estimated that the user's vigilance will also increase.

But now the situation is that when you click the Bluetooth icon in the control center, it does not prompt "Bluetooth has not been completely turned off".

If you want to turn off Bluetooth completely, you have to manually turn it off again in [Settings].

But safety first, the trouble is worth it~

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Bluetooth is not secure anymore