Toothing

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Toothing is a media hoax which claimed that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange sexual encounters.

It appears that toothing started around March 2004, in the form of a fake forum designed by Ste Curran, then Editor at Large at games magazine Edge. On April 4, 2005, the creator of the forum admitted that the whole thing was a hoax.

Toothing was described as the possibility to leverage the ability of a Bluetooth device to 'discover' other enabled devices within a radius of around 30 feet (10 meters). Having discovered another device, the expression toothing? would normally be sent as an initial greeting.

See also

• Bluechat
• Bluedating
• Bluejacking
• Dogging

External links

• Toothing Blog
• Toothing and bluedating information
• Toothing advice and FAQ
• Toothing Community
• Toothing and dating in France
• Toothing in Italy
• Toothing in Italy
• The first German Toothing Community
• Toothing in Germany
• Bluetoothing news and links
• Toothing software
• Reuters article on toothing
• What Ever Happened to Toothing?