Bluejacking

My first bluejack. A photo of Bremen, Germany sent to me whilst on a train going somewhere else.

BlueJacking is a new term used to define the activity of sending anonymous messages to other Bluetooth equipped devices (typically PDAs and Mobile Phones) in range of the senders device. Whilst the ability to receive such messages can be disabled or the Bluetooth functionality of the device can be switched off, the fun nature of BlueJacking is likely to encourage people to paticipate and to enjoy the new phenomenen.

The phrase BlueJacking is attributed to Ajack - a member of the Esato boards who 'discovered' it back in December 2002.

Read a recent BBC article on the topic