bluejacking

(ˈbluːˌdʒækɪŋ)

(Communications & Information) the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages

[C21: from Blue(tooth) + (high)jacking]

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References in periodicals archive

Bluejacking: occurs by sending a short tricky text message into authenticated dialog, and the users will be using the access codes of the tricky message, which allows the attacker to take control of the device.

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Real Hustle has informed viewers about everything from 'the mustard dip' (an elaborate pickpocketing ruse involving messing a victim's clothes and then pretending to help them clean up) to 'bluejacking' (electronically hijacking a bluetooth mobile phone so that it calls the swindlers' pounds 1.50-a-minute phone-line).

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It is feared the video is being used in "bluejacking", in which anonymous clips are sent to other handsets using Bluetooth technology.

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