Mess with my Beacons

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What if someone "anyone" has the Estimote app, pass by my shop and mess with my Beacons settings??? is that possible? how to prevent that.

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Hi there,

If you change the UUID of your Beacons, they will be longer detected in the Estimote app. Also, we're working on a security update, to make sure that unauthorized access to Beacons is impossible.

Cheers.

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Wojtek,

What's your ETA on your authentication mechanism?

We're about to launch a mission critical app using Estimote beacons and don't want anyone changing our beacon settings using the Estimote app, BLExplr, Estimote Editor etc.

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Hi Shahzad,

First mechanis for preventing unauthorized access - week, maybe 2, and then regular updates to make it more secure.

Cheers.

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Hi Wojtek,

I just got my estimote and try some of it's API, I found that if I use startRangingBeaconsInRegion: it will not discover estimote beacon with different UUID, but once I use startEstimoteBeaconsDiscoveryForRegion:, even I put different region into it, all of my beacons was detected, I even able to change the UUID of my beacon. Are there any workaround for this?

I notice in other thread that authentication method is currently developed, hope this will be released soon.

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Hi Ritchie,

The first update for preventing unauthorized access is almost there, stay tuned a couple of days more :) Also, startEstimoteBeaconsDiscovery method allows you to detect Beacons and reset them if you've forgotten the UUID, that's why it's possible to detect all of them. It's also explained here: https://community.estimote.com/hc/en-us/articles/202132548-What-can-I-do-if-I-Forget-the-Beacon-UUID-

Cheers.