Friday, September 24, 2004

Bluejacking

Those of you who are au fait with mobile technology will know of the fairly new method of wireless communication called Bluetooth. It is, in effect, wireless communcation between phones, PDAs, computers, printers etc over a range of ~10 metres. If you have a bluetooth device, such as my new K700i, it is possible to send and receive contacts from your phonebook to other phones. This can be used to terrorise random people on trains, on the tube and just about any public place. If you receive a message saying that you have been "Bluejacked by the Magic" then it's probably from me! Telling people they have a nice suit, or that their shoes are untied is great fun, and especially freaky when you receive a message on the tube.

Here is a site about the phenomenon

Bluejacking

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