BBC NEWS | Technology | New mobile message craze spreads: "Bluejacking involves creating a contact in your phone's address book using the message you want to send as the name for the entry.
On most Bluetooth phones it is possible to send this contact as a message or electronic business card.
Choosing to send this contact via Bluetooth makes a phone search for other Bluetooth-enabled devices nearby.
Bluejacking works underground too
The contact bearing its message can then be sent anonymously to any Bluetooth phones within range.
To be bluejacked you must make sure your phone can be discovered by other Bluetooth devices.
The bluejacking craze seems to be catching on as numbers of page views of the ... site are now averaging 8,000 per day. "
On most Bluetooth phones it is possible to send this contact as a message or electronic business card.
Choosing to send this contact via Bluetooth makes a phone search for other Bluetooth-enabled devices nearby.
Bluejacking works underground too
The contact bearing its message can then be sent anonymously to any Bluetooth phones within range.
To be bluejacked you must make sure your phone can be discovered by other Bluetooth devices.
The bluejacking craze seems to be catching on as numbers of page views of the ... site are now averaging 8,000 per day. "
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