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To: TheOtherOne
Witeveen has advised users with Bluetooth to shut the feature off on their cell phone to avoid infection.

I have no faith in any wired or wireless network.

I am personally thinking I am going to switch to two computers, one that is never online or connected to the Internet.

2 posted on 02/23/2005 1:22:25 PM PST by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

Both my brother and my mother have bought bluetooth enabled cars in the past few months. I really wonder if the benefits/conveniences outweigh the potential risks.


3 posted on 02/23/2005 1:27:13 PM PST by ruiner
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I have no faith in any wired or wireless network.

AMEN, BROTHER! That makes two of us!

I see all these slick ads pushing wireless networking technology on everyone, and I want to throw a brick at my TV. "Hey-hey! You want wireless? Well, here's a boot - it's wireless, and it's about to go in your a$$!"

What they don't tell the consumer is how bloody unreliable, insecure, and easily interfered with those wireless connections are.

If you have a wireless router, you cannot have a cordless phone in operation, fluorescent lighting, speakers nearby, or even a microwave oven running. All those devices emit radio waves in about the same frequencies as those used by wireless routers.

I can't tell you how many times I've had people ask me if I thought they should "go wireless".

Every time they ask, I have to laugh and tell them that it's just the latest gimmick by the hardware manufacturers to get them to buy more crap that they don't need, and that they should stick with the good ol' reliable, more secure CAT-5 cable ethernet.

And as far as my cell phone goes, it's a relic from the long-forgotten year 1999 - a sturdy, "black brick" Nokia 5100 model. None of that camera, text messaging, or Blackberry nonsense for me, thank you kindly.

And call me a techno-Luddite, but vacuum-tube guitar amplifiers will ALWAYS sound better than digital.

14 posted on 02/23/2005 5:06:30 PM PST by FierceDraka (The Democratic Party - Aiding and Abetting The Enemies of America Since 1968)
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