Posted by max_wedge
I was bluejacked by a bus stop a couple of days ago. Sitting at a bus shelter, a prompt came on my phone "accept 1_evermore.mp3 from bluetooth".
I had been worded up and was looking for this particular bus stop
http://www.accessallareas.net.au/data/EEZZApAkkZycNZxPys.php
How cool is that! Imagine sitting at the bus stop, and suddenly "someone" offers you a free song! Neato.
Posted by batesie
nice, theres a few banks in london that send there latest offers to you as you walk past/use the cash machine...
mp3 would be much better
Posted by max_wedge
On 2007-05-10 17:35:11, batesie wrote:
nice, theres a few banks in london that send there latest offers to you as you walk past/use the cash machine...
mp3 would be much better
I don't know if it's such a good security feature for a bank to encourage people to accept unknown bluetooth requests!!
Or for music distributers either, though because I was aware of the bus shelter promotion I wasn't concerned about receiving the song (I did so on my K750, but also on my N70, which being s60 device can be virus infected via bluetooth if your not careful what you accept)
Posted by deathmanager
nice....
Posted by bodum
very cool, though it does give rise to issues of invasion of privacy. if you could walk every corner and get these bluetooth messages every 5 seconds, wouldn't that count as spam?
Posted by arien617
On 2007-05-10 19:21:36, bodum wrote:
very cool, though it does give rise to issues of invasion of privacy. if you could walk every corner and get these bluetooth messages every 5 seconds, wouldn't that count as spam?
That's why bluetooth has 2 very effective settings, the on and off function, which will stop you getting spam when you don't want it.
Posted by Residentevil
Looks like they are trying to increase foot traffic.
Posted by dude_se
i got bluejacked on my w800 once. i thought i was being sent a file yet it deleted one off my phone
i wish i knew how to bluejack properly 
dude_se
Posted by A L 3 X
lol, wish id seen these bus stops
@dude_se, hi dom
Posted by amnesia
I got that once when I was passing by an Orange shop and also once when next to a Nokia add (the nokia add sent me a tube map)
Posted by Lo-couk
Pretty neat, was the mp3 any good? Oh, Plz excuse my short reply as i'm using my mobile. It's 2 1st 4 me doing this on gprs.
This message was posted from a K800i
Posted by fatreg
you'd be gutted if you missed the bus though!
Posted by *Jojo*
@max - If this is part and parcel of an advertisement . . . who can it be from
I hope this will IDEA will be emitted out in: train, ferry, airport and cab - terminals . . .
Posted by max_wedge
it was Evermore - Running. The mp3 was only 32Kbps, but atleast it was free.
I agree it could be considered spam, and what will happen if it get's invasive, people will just learn to turn their bluetooth off. so much for bluejacking
Actually you don't have to turn bluetooth off though, you can just set it to hidden. Then you can still be sent objectives by phones or devices you have paired with, but non-paired devices won't be able to see you.
Posted by *Jojo*
@max - H m m m m . . . I just thought of this just now
could it be that there is someone inside that stand-post Where does that Blutong :bt: signal coming from dude ?
Posted by max_wedge
haha! He'd have to be one slim dude! Maybe he was just a guy with a mobile phone hiding in the bushes behind?
Posted by SE4NICK
Whish there was more stuff like this, all though it wouldnt affect me in the central west, like theyed do stuff like that here.
Posted by dude_se
On 2007-05-10 23:58:38, A L 3 X wrote:
lol, wish id seen these bus stops
@dude_se, hi dom
lol someone who actually knows who i am. maybe esato isnt so bad after all. hi alex btw
i need to get into bluejacking more i think
Posted by etaab
Ive not seen anything like this in the UK yet, even though apparently banks are doing pretty much the same thing.
Nice read Max
Posted by DarkKrypt
ROFL nice
IF anyone from australia melbourne remembers the same thing was going around with coca-cola they were giving away free java games at bus stops,, all you had to do was either have your bluetooth on or a infrared device pointed into this twirling red light circle
it happened to me i was waiting for a mate at his bust stop..and all of a sudden i receive and incoming java file..so i accepted it and installed before you know it,, it was from coca-cola LOL
Posted by Nirodha
Oh damn! Another way to get spammed. I'm guessing they installed some sort of embedded device with a bluetooth transceiver in the bus stop.
Here in NZ, we haven't had this sort of blue-jacking happen, yet. I suspect it's coming though.
I set my bluetooth hidden all the time though to prevent this sort of thing. I don't like being bothered by people and machines I didn't request it from.
Posted by >500
@max_wedge
in melbourne cbd Coca Cola had one up too, was for a little game, where you need to shoot the things before they hit you.... nothing exciting
you look kinda stupid standing next to an advertisement with phone in hand reading it