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by catch23 4580 days ago
Probably because it leverages the security built into bluetooth.
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That does not reassure me.

"We discuss our tools and techniques to monitor and inject packets in Bluetooth Low Energy. Also known as BTLE or Bluetooth Smart, it is found in recent high-end smartphones, sports devices, sensors, and will soon appear in many medical devices. We show that we can effectively render useless the encryption of any Bluetooth Low Energy link."

https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot13/workshop-program/pr...