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# The Art of  Bluejacking
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-art-of-bluejacking/
- Published: 2003-11-21T17:54:49.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:18:29.000Z
- Description: Have you got a Bluetooth phone? Do you know how to use it? No? Then you might have already been Bluejacked. Think of it as drive-by…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

Have you got a Bluetooth phone? Do you know how to use it? No? Then you might have already been [Bluejacked](http://www.bluejackq.com/?ref=protein.xyz). Think of it as drive-by messaging for the wireless generation. Members of public with Bluetooth-enabled phones are now sending/receiving messages anonymously to those with similar phones nearby opening up a wide range of new communication possibilities from blind dating to spam. But why would somebody bluejack a stranger's phone? The motive behind the craze is to freak out other Bluetooth users that you might encounter in public -- for example, a bluejacker will check out other Bluetooth users on the tube and drop them a message that only someone in the same place will appreciate, for example, their choice of newspaper or colour of their top or just a message to let them know that they've been bluejacked. How do you bluejack? By saving a message in the 'name' field of your phone, for example, "Nice tweed trousers", then choose to send it via Bluetooth. A list of enabled hardware in the vicinity should appear on your phone; select the device you want and off you go. There's some good discussion on the subject over at [Yayhooray](http://www.yayhooray.com/thread/2714.html?ref=protein.xyz). Nice.