Handoff All Your Privacy: A Review of Apple's Bluetooth Low Energy Continuity Protocol

• Main Authors: Martin, Jeremy, Alpuche, Douglas, Bodeman, Kristina, Brown, Lamont, Fenske, Ellis, Foppe, Lucas, Mayberry, Travis, Rye, Erik C, Sipes, Brandon, Teplov, Sam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 23.04.2019
• Subjects: Computer Science - Cryptography and Security; Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture

We investigate Apple's Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Continuity protocol, designed to support interoperability and communication between iOS and macOS devices, and show that the price for this seamless experience is leakage of identifying information and behavioral data to passive adversaries. Fir...