Helen Keegan of Beep Marketing will be spitting blood, I’m sure, when she reads this. She’s always been particularly annoyed by bluetooth spamming — me too.
Have a look at this job advertised on the London Craigslist:
Link: Bluetooth Marketing Person
We produce Bluetooth devices that beam a Bluetooth advertising text message to all mobile phones within the vicinity.
We need 1 individual to walk round carrying our phone with specilised software installed, automatically beaming advertising messages to all mobile phones.
If you are interested in this position or the technology, please get in touch.
Naughty!
Obviously the modern equivalent of the Golf sign guy!
I’m not *quite* spitting blood Ewan but as Dan says, this sounds like being the modern equivalent of the golf sign guy. And I can’t imagine it’s particularly legal either unless they’ve got some bulky opt-in system.
And I’m not against the use of bluetooth per se, I’m against it’s misuse. Here’s an example of bluetooth usage for the greater good
http://mbites.com/2007/07/17/bluetooth_spam_from_the_thin_blue_line