Students Develop Bluetooth Camera Phone Jammer

[Kris Kumar]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/students-develops-bluetooth-cameraphone-jammer-021093.php' target='_blank'>http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/students-develops-bluetooth-cameraphone-jammer-021093.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Blueserker passes on information from an article in Singapore's Asia One about three students from Temasek Polytechnic who have figured out a way to disable the camera function of select Nokia phones via Bluetooth. While the concept itself is interesting - enter a 'no camera' zone, and your phone disables itself automagically - the fact that Nokia's Bluetooth implementation allows a remote user to disable functions is probably the more immediate issue here. The affected phones are the 6600 and the 7610 - an attempt to shut down a 7650 failed."</i><br /><br />I am sure everyone will agree with me that there has to be some way to electronically jam the camera phones at sensitive locations. It's either that or leave the phone at the door. :-( Since the manufacturers are not planning on releasing two versions of their phones, one with the camera and one without, I would like to see <i>more</i> camera phone jammer solutions. I am not convinced that Bluetooth based jammer is a robust solution. Some of the negatives of this solution: special software has to be installed (would like the manufacturers to bake in the security mechanism into the phone) and also Bluetooth can be turned off on the phone rendering this jammer ineffective. Overall it's good to see students trying to figure out a solution. :-)