I was bluejacked on the way home. That’s the first time it’s happened. Or at least it’s the first time it’s happened in the wild - we’ve tested it in the confines of the office, but then it’s not a surprise. I never heard it happen, unfortunately, or I’d have tried to spot who it was that had done it. Instead, the first I knew was when I got to the station and pulled the phone out of my pocket, and a string of poorly formed words shone out from the screen:

-you’ve been bluejacked

That’s a bit like emailing someone a message that just says ‘you’ve been emailed’.

If I’m going to be bluejacked, I want it to be by someone who has something to say. Someone advertising their web site, or asking if I’m single, or trying to arrange a secret liaison in aisle six when they spot me in the supermarket.

As it was none of those things, I hit delete. Whoever it was, though, the next time they spot an available bluetooth device with the name ‘Meeester Nik’ I hope they’ll send it something more interesting, and if it’s first thing in the morning… make it something to smile about.

Bluejacking: verb; the act of sending a message to the screen of another user’s mobile phone through the use of a Bluetooth connection. The message is stored as a contact in your address book and, to all intents and purposes, is untracable. Great for confusing people on the tube who think they’ve received a text message several hundred feet below ground.

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