Bluetooth is a wireless technology than can allow you to communicate with a number of devices such as computers, keyboards and PDAs without the need for any cables. Bluetooth headsets are also available for cell phones, so that you can talk hands free when you are driving or typing on your laptop, and also allows you to synchronise information between various different devices.

However one problem with Bluetooth is that when it is enabled it does mean that other unscrupulous people with Bluetooth capabilities can actually access your device and interfere with your information in a number of ways:

• Bluejacking – this is when people send unsolicited emails and messages to other Bluetooth devices, and although it is normally harmless this can provide a backdoor for fraudster to access your phone and take it over without your knowledge.
• Bluesnarfing – this is when a fraudster uses your Bluetooth connection to get into your cell phone or PDA to gain access to the personal information it contains such as your diary, calendar, text messages, contacts list etc…
• Bluebugging – this is when your phone is taken over completely by another person via the Bluetooth connection, enabling them to listen in to you conversations, intercept your text messages and emails and use your phone to make their own calls and text messages.

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