{"id":8470,"date":"2024-03-29T19:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:22:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:22:59","slug":"what-is-bluebugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-is-bluebugging","title":{"rendered":"What is bluebugging?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">With so much personal and financial information stored on our mobile devices, our smartphones are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as our computers, laptops, and personal accounts. One of the ways that hackers and bad actors can illegally access our devices is through bluebugging, which takes advantage of weaknesses in the Bluetooth protocol. 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