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Security threats of smart phones and Bluetooth

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 3
          Being Human in the Digital Age
          March 2009
          138 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1467247
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