Well, Bluetooth 2.0 is only vulnerable to the man in the middle attack, that too, only when someone is eaves dropping when you FIRST pair the two devices. After that, each time your power up/down, you are NOT vulnerable. It is recommended that you pair sensitive devices in a private place.
Bluetooth 2.1 goes even furthur and strengthens the initial pairing process. Its called Simple Secure Pairing.
The earlier bluetooth vulnerabilities were due to very poor software implementations, not due to the Bluetooth protocol itself. Imagine if your browser kept SSL session keys in a very public area. SSL itself is not badly designed but the vender who made such a browser made chose a poor design.
Coming back, there is a Bluetooth "profile" which allows this kind of image transfers. While I've not looked at the product in question, this image transfer profile was designed for cameras and picture portraits (i.e. wave the camera at your digital photo frame and the picture shows up).
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Well, Bluetooth 2.0 is only vulnerable to the man in the middle attack, that too, only when someone is eaves dropping when you FIRST pair the two devices. After that, each time your power up/down, you are NOT vulnerable. It is recommended that you pair sensitive devices in a private place.
Bluetooth 2.1 goes even furthur and strengthens the initial pairing process. Its called Simple Secure Pairing.
The earlier bluetooth vulnerabilities were due to very poor software implementations, not due to the Bluetooth protocol itself. Imagine if your browser kept SSL session keys in a very public area. SSL itself is not badly designed but the vender who made such a browser made chose a poor design.
Coming back, there is a Bluetooth "profile" which allows this kind of image transfers. While I've not looked at the product in question, this image transfer profile was designed for cameras and picture portraits (i.e. wave the camera at your digital photo frame and the picture shows up).
Check out the BIP and BPP profile introduction at http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Learn/Works/Profiles_Overview.htm