Bluetooth privacy and the FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitoring system
The FreeStyle Libre 2 can push critical glucose level alerts to your phone. Great for managing diabetes, but it also makes you trackable out in the world.
Bluetooth
How to test if your Bluetooth devices support BLE Privacy
Some Bluetooth Low-energy (BLE) devices support the BLE Privacy extension that makes their location harder to track. How to test if your devices support it.
Feitian MultiPass recall highlights need to use multiple security keys
The recall of the Feitian MultiPass FIDO security key demonstrates why you always should use multiple security key products from different vendors.
Contour Diabetes app, Bluetooth, and why we can’t have nice things
The Contour Next glucose monitor and its companion app communicate with each other over Bluetooth. Well, they try to anyway.
Thoughts on Bluetooth 5 and the device pairing user experience
How come every Bluetooth device is so different? Do you shake it? unplug batteries? hold a button for two–ten seconds? This needs to change.
Help Mozilla build out its Location Service by taking a walk
Mozilla is building a free alternative to the big tech companies’ location services. But they need help gathering signaling data from your neighborhood.
Beware of treacherous dual-pairing with DualShock 4 controller
I’d connected my DualShock 4 controller to my PC, but ended up making an accidental purchase from the PlayStation Store while gaming on the PC.