Comments on: Give The Finger To Security http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/07/19/give-the-finger-to-security/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Daniel http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/07/19/give-the-finger-to-security/comment-page-1/#comment-306377 Daniel Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:22:09 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/07/19/give-the-finger-to-security/#comment-306377 I'm assuming you know this already based on your comments at the end, but I figure it's worth mentioning for any readers that may see this- I'm not sure of a PC implementation, but as far as Macs are concerned, you can have your computer do various things based on if your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone comes into / goes out of range of your computer. For example, when I'm at my computer with my cell phone in my pocket, I can get visual alerts on screen of people calling, I can send/receive text messages from my computer (that go through my phone), and when I leave, my computer pauses iTunes, puts me away on my IM client (adium) and locks my screen. When I return, it all comes back to life. Pretty sweet if you're in an office environment, but I work from home, so it's really pointless overall... but it's fun. BluePhoneElite is a nice app for doing this. I’m assuming you know this already based on your comments at the end, but I figure it’s worth mentioning for any readers that may see this- I’m not sure of a PC implementation, but as far as Macs are concerned, you can have your computer do various things based on if your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone comes into / goes out of range of your computer. For example, when I’m at my computer with my cell phone in my pocket, I can get visual alerts on screen of people calling, I can send/receive text messages from my computer (that go through my phone), and when I leave, my computer pauses iTunes, puts me away on my IM client (adium) and locks my screen. When I return, it all comes back to life. Pretty sweet if you’re in an office environment, but I work from home, so it’s really pointless overall… but it’s fun.
BluePhoneElite is a nice app for doing this.

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