Bluetooth and Personal Protection Device Security Analysis
https://duo.com/blog/bluetooth-and-personal-protection-device-security-analysis [duo.com]
2018-01-25 14:28
Looking at the ROAR, Wearsafe and Revolar personal protection devices - commonly used by women for personal safety but increasingly by other segments of the population including protesters, human rights workers, and the like - we discovered a few flaws or “gotchas” involving Bluetooth for the Wearsafe and Revolar (ROAR looked good):
While it wasn’t nearly as easy to remotely track a Revolar owner, it is still possible to track the owner of either the Revolar or Wearsafe device from a distance via Bluetooth with inexpensive antennas that extend the scanning range.