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BLE

Bluetooth Low Energy

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BLE is the power-efficient version of Bluetooth used by fitness trackers, medical devices, smart locks, and countless IoT gadgets. Its pairing modes vary widely in strength, and weak options like Just Works pairing provide no protection against man-in-the-middle attacks. BLE devices can also be tracked through their advertising beacons, so both eavesdropping and privacy leakage are real concerns for connected products.

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