Forward-looking: Location tracking is already a significant concern for smartphone users. However, researchers at UC San Diego have found another vector for tracking devices --- the Bluetooth chip.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have introduced a firmware update designed to completely hide a smartphone's unique Bluetooth fingerprint. They said this advancement could ...

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can ...

Your smartphone continuously emits Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals, even when it isn't paired to a Bluetooth device. Scientists are now reporting that by analyzing those signals, it could be ...