Editing Bluejacking (section)

{{short description|Sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices}}
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[[File:Siemens_M75_Bluejacking.jpg|thumb|This [[Siemens M75]] is bluejacking the Sony Ericsson K600i pictured below.]]
[[File:K600i Bluejacked.jpg|thumb|This [[Sony_Ericsson_K600|Sony Ericsson K600i]] is being bluejacked by the Siemens M75 pictured above. The text at the bottom of the screen reads "Add to contacts?" in Norwegian.]]

'''Bluejacking''' is the sending of unsolicited messages over [[Bluetooth]] to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as [[mobile phone]]s, [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]] or [[laptop|laptop computers]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dagon|first1=D.|last2=Martin|first2=T.|last3=Starner|first3=T.|date=2004-01-01|title=Mobile Phones as Computing Devices: The Viruses are Coming!|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1369156|journal=IEEE Pervasive Computing|language=en|volume=3|issue=4|pages=11–15|doi=10.1109/MPRV.2004.21|s2cid=14224399|issn=1536-1268|url-access=subscription}}</ref> sending a [[vCard]] which typically contains a message in the name field (i.e., for bluedating) to another Bluetooth-enabled device via the [[OBEX protocol|OBEX]] protocol.  

Bluetooth has a very limited range, usually around {{convert|10|m|ft|1}} on mobile phones, but laptops can reach up to {{convert|100|m|ft|0}} with powerful ([[Bluetooth#Uses|Class 1]]) transmitters.