[access-uk] Re: Uses for Bluetooth and GPS equipped mobile phones
- From: "Ankers, Dave (UK)" <Dave.Ankers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:26:43 -0000
Hi Steve,
The fact is there will always be some sad git out there getting pleasure
from writing viruses etc. We cannot let them win, and need to use
common sense. If the train company has a menu available for download by
Bluetooth, then if after downloading, your phone starts asking whether
or not you want to install programs etc, then it is obviously not the
simple text menu, you were expecting and so delete it. The same goes
for using the internet, never ever open or run anything that doesn't
seem right or you haven't asked for.
There are some who attach their messages to the emails they send to the
list, well sorry but I for one never open such messages, they pose too
big a risk, and I cannot be bothered having to save the file to my pc
and run a virus check, which might not find a new virus.
Personally I would punish anyone court writing viruses by smashing their
fingers and toes with a sledge hammer!
These swine's are just ruining what could be a very useful aid for the
blind.
Dave
Hi Dave,
That would be a big security hole in my view. If you are asked if you
want to download something by Bluetooth and you don't know it is going
to come, don't accept it. It could be a Symbian or Windows Smart Phone
virus. I have had that very thing happen to me on a train, when I left
Bluetooth on once by accident. I said no to the connection, but I sure
wouldn't like this method to be widely adopted. It could encourage all
kinds of malice, and Bluetooth isn't secure anyway. I even heard of a
program that can hijack all your contacts from your phone, just because
you left Bluetooth on.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ankers, Dave (UK)
Sent: 30 January 2008 15:36
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Uses for Bluetooth and GPS equipped mobile phones
This thread is a carry over from the off track virgin train saga.
Seems easy to me, walk in a Shop, Restaurant, Train, Hospital even, and
receive a message asking if you would like to download a file by
Bluetooth.
It could be a list of items on special offer, a menu or even directions
in order to get to the department you want in a hospital or any other
large building.
Take it a stage further and install transmitters in buildings, that your
GPS or GPRS, whatever the difference is. can use to direct you to where
you wish to go.
Dave
There are ways to send messages to any Bluetooth devices in an area.
Some companies already experimented with this by sending advertisements
to any Bluetooth devices. For example when I went to see snow patrol in
the o2 arena when I turned Bluetooth on my phone I got sent some
messages about other events that they thought might interest me by o2.
Vanja
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:32 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Virgin Trains thread that went off track!
> Scuse my ignorance on wireless communication, but Dave suggests using
> Blue Tooth as a means of getting menus, passenger info, etc. to
> passengers, and in the context of our needs.
>
> Would this actually be Blue Tooth, or maybe Wi-Fi? Either way, if it
> would work, then seems a good idea to me; but am I missing something
> here?
>
> Cheers,
>
>>From Ray
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> Ankers, Dave (UK)
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Virgin Trains thread that went off track!
>
>
>
> Please accept my apologies too. Will try to stay on topic, only life
> would be so boring without a bit of harmless banter and imagination.
> Back on topic, hands up all those who own a phone equipped with
> Bluetooth! yes loads of you, well, what if the train companies and
> many other companies for that matter, made available Bluetooth
> downloads of menus and other services so you could hear them through
> your phone, and it cost nothing.
>
> Dave
>
> My sincere apologies everyone for the banter between a few of us
> today, of which I was a part, that went off track in the midst of a
> thread about Virgin Trains. Nice though it is to share a bit of
> harmless fun on an otherwise extremely dreary day, I appreciate this
> is a list for access technology and, as such, should remain on topic
> at all times.
>
> Hands up! sorry! (smiles).
>
> Jackie
>
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