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What's the Difference Between a Bluetooth and a WiFi?

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What's the Difference Between a Bluetooth and a WiFi?Page 1By Tim CormierVeriFone Inc.Consumers are increasingly going wireless andwith that WiFi has become the technology ofchoice in a majority of devices in homes and businesses across North America. The availability oflow cost WiFi equipment access points and airtime has driven the industry to continue to evolve the standard. While Bluetooth another wireless option has many supporters a few limitations in this technology hinder its implementation as the standard of choice at the POS. Bluetooth may eventually become a credible wireless alternative for payment applications but that day is not now.Problems with WiFi implementation early on were identifiedbut Bluetooth's security flaws are just starting to surface.When Bluetooth was first introduced the wireless industryoverhyped the technology. Then Bluetooth began showing itsinsecurities and users' expectations were not met. Bluetooth is and always will be a shortrange cable replacement technologysomething intended to connect a device toa peripheral such as a telephone to a wireless headphone orto synchronize your cellphone address book with that of yourPDA. It falls into a category the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE) calls a Personal Area Network(PAN).Bluetoothenabled wireless phones used as wireless ATMswhere customers can beam their payment information to acard terminal and quickly authorize electronic payment isone way supporters envision applying the technology.Unfortunately the recent exposure of security vulnerabilitiesmake it extremely unlikely Bluetooth will win consumer confidence in payment applications anytime soon.Security holes in Bluetooth became evident over the past yearwith the seemingly innocent and mischievous pastime called"Bluejacking." Someone with a Bluetooth phone creates amessage as a contact entry in the address book then instructsthe phone to ...

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