Raod Safety Messages To Mobiles

Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
about it as yet .

So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?

..How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:02:45 +0100, [email protected] wrote:

>Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
>about it as yet .
>
> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>
>.How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
>young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
>http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg

I've found this since but tell us little
:

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Art...4937?UserKey=0

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:14:14 +0100, "ChrisM"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In message [email protected],
>[email protected] <[email protected]> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:02:45 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
>>> about it as yet .
>>>
>>> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>>>
>>> .How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
>>> young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
>>> http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg
>>
>> I've found this since but tell us little
>>>
>>
>> http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Art...4937?UserKey=0
>
>It can't possibly know who is young, or who is a driver. I guess it will
>just transmit the video to anyone that is in range of the Bluetooth
>tranmitter, and has their phone's bluetooth turned on...
>
>I was in the cinema the other day(I am a driver, but I'm not especially
>young), and I got a bluetooth download that offered me the chance to watch
>the trailer for the new Batman film. I guess that must be using the same
>technology.
>
>I'm not sure how many people would accept a bluetooth connection from an
>un-verified source though... I did without really thinking, maybe that's
>what they rely on...?
>
>Unfortuneatly, phone hackers and scammers probably rely on the same
>reaction!

Could also be someone nearby who fancies you ......LOL

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
> about it as yet .
>
> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>
> .How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
> young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
> http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg

There is no mystery to this, you simply have misunderstood the word
"targeted".
BT messaging costs nothing, so even if 90% of the messages are recieved
by the wrong demographic group, the "target" by their definition, could
still be
met.

Just a quick question about the BT protocol if anyone knows the answer.
Is there a broadcast mode for use by these promotional BT devices,
or is each message only addressed to an individual handset?
--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
> about it as yet .
>
> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>
> .How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
> young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
> http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg

Mobile networks do not like to stop spam and unsolicited emails to people as
it lowerstheir profits. They all have an arrangement with third parties to
take a cut of the profits.
That is why mobile networks will never block stolen mobiles being used -
they can easily trace who has a stolen mobile but loss of revenue is not an
option with them.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:42:26 +0100, "Paul P" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
>> about it as yet .
>>
>> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>>
>> .How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
>> young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
>> http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg
>
>Mobile networks do not like to stop spam and unsolicited emails to people as
>it lowerstheir profits. They all have an arrangement with third parties to
>take a cut of the profits.
>That is why mobile networks will never block stolen mobiles being used -
>they can easily trace who has a stolen mobile but loss of revenue is not an
>option with them.
>

Well it's about time Ofcom or whoever regulates this did something
useful about this .The fact you can reject the Bluetooth message is
neither here nor there .

best to just say no. if that option is there.
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Google Wireless Transcoder

"Graham." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:42:26 +0100, "Paul P" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>><[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>> Saw this on Teletext earlier but can't find anything else on Internet
>>>> about it as yet .
>>>>
>>>> So how does this work?..Is it "Spam" to mobiles . Is it unsolicited?
>>>>
>>>> .How does it differentiate between young mobile owners and not so
>>>> young mobile owners and how does it know they are drivers ?
>>>> http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bjMITM8sm_xEQg
>>>
>>>Mobile networks do not like to stop spam and unsolicited emails to people
>>>as
>>>it lowerstheir profits. They all have an arrangement with third parties
>>>to
>>>take a cut of the profits.
>>>That is why mobile networks will never block stolen mobiles being used -
>>>they can easily trace who has a stolen mobile but loss of revenue is not
>>>an
>>>option with them.
>>>
>>
>> Well it's about time Ofcom or whoever regulates this did something
>> useful about this .The fact you can reject the Bluetooth message is
>> neither here nor there .
> Whilst I agree with you in that I don't need unsolicited bluetooth
> messages bothering me in the High St, who are we to dictate how
> other people want to with their lives?
> Lets face it, we could turn BT off when we are not using it, we don't
> because it is more convenient when we want to use are own devices.
>
> What is needed is the BT equivalent of ACR. Simply a matter of software,
> does any phone do this?

Every Bluetooth capable phone I've ever had has had the ability to reject
unsolicited connections whilst allowing connections to known devices.
--
Cheers, Steve.
Change jealous to sad to reply.