If you want to stay safe, the best advice for now is to regularly update your devices and be cautious about granting apps access to Bluetooth. If you don’t know why an app needs Bluetooth, do further ...

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here.

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Security researchers have discovered dozens of undocumented commands hidden in a Bluetooth chip found in billions of devices. Credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images A potential ...