Is it safe to use Bluetooth ?
Even if your phone isn't connected to anything but your headphones
26-30, M
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
In what sense, "safe"?
[i]Health?[/i] No hazard there although some users imagine otherwise. The r.f. radiation is of extremely low power, nearly omni-directional so most of the energy goes away from you, and is non-ionising.)
[i]Security?[/i] Eavesdropping by would-be criminals is a more likely concern; but what is the transmission range, and what information are you transmitting that might interest crooks?
[i]Interference[/i] with other equipment? That hazard is covered by the legal standards and frequency-bands to which the equipment has to be manufactured; but some areas still require such radio-transmitters to be turned off as a precaution.
And of course you have the ultimate sanction with any portable 'phone - switch the thing off when not actually needed!
[i]Health?[/i] No hazard there although some users imagine otherwise. The r.f. radiation is of extremely low power, nearly omni-directional so most of the energy goes away from you, and is non-ionising.)
[i]Security?[/i] Eavesdropping by would-be criminals is a more likely concern; but what is the transmission range, and what information are you transmitting that might interest crooks?
[i]Interference[/i] with other equipment? That hazard is covered by the legal standards and frequency-bands to which the equipment has to be manufactured; but some areas still require such radio-transmitters to be turned off as a precaution.
And of course you have the ultimate sanction with any portable 'phone - switch the thing off when not actually needed!