different between connection vs bluesnarfing

English

Alternative forms

• connexion (UK, dated), connex. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connect?, an alternative spelling of c?nect? (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nect? (“I bind”)

In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect +? -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

connection (countable and uncountable, plural connections)

1. (uncountable) The act of connecting.
2. The point at which two or more things are connected.

   the connection between overeating and obesity

   My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
3. A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

   As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.

4. An established communications or transportation link.

   computers linked by a network connection

   I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.

5. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service

   The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.

6. A kinship relationship between people.
7. An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.

   I have some connections in Lancashire.

8. (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
9. coherence; lack of disjointedness
10. (religion) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
11. sexual intercourse

Translations

English

Etymology

Blue(tooth) + snarfing.

Noun

bluesnarfing (uncountable)

1. Unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, or PDAs.
   • 2005, Teck Sung Yap and Hong Tat Ewe, A Mobile Phone Malicious Software Detection Model with Behavior Checker, in Web and Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social Issues — HSI 2005: 3rd International Conference on Human.Society@Internet — Tokyo, Japan, July 2005: Proceedings (edited by Shinji Shimojo, Shingo Ichii, Tok Wang Ling, and Kwan-Ho Song; ?ISBN (10), ?ISBN (13)), page 58:

     Bluejacking and bluesnarfing are the two forms of new intrusion. Bluejacking is a technique of sending anonymous messages to Bluetooth enabled device and bluesnarfing allows attackers to hack in and download data stored in mobile phones such as contact details and diary entries without leaving any trace [7].

   • 2006 December 2, Eric Cole, Sandra Ring, Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying, and Theft ?ISBN (10), ?ISBN (13)), chapter 12: “Wireless Security Project Plan”, page 462:

     Stealing calendar and contact information via bluesnarfing requires both Bluetooth devices be on and available. The quickest and easiest way to avoid bluesnarfing (which requires about two to three minutes of continuous connection time) is to disable Bluetooth when not specifically in use.

   • 2007, James M. Byrne, Donald J. Rebovich (editors), The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control ?ISBN (10), ?ISBN (13)), pages 29–30:

     “Bluesnarfing”, sometimes also called Bluejacking and Podslurping, is the exploitation of Bluetooth-enabled devices. [[ […] ]] The most infamous instance of Bluesnarfing occurred in February 2005, when a Sidekick II mobile communication device owned by the celebrity Paris Hilton was compromised. Information contained on the device, including data and images, was stolen. Bluesnarfing occurs when an individual in relatively close proximity to the victim uses a Bluetooth-enabled device to remove data from a victim with another Bluetooth-enabled device.