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Bob The Mercenary 10-13-2007 08:59 AM

Ringtone hijacking
 
From Ringtone.com:
Quote:

Emotive has announced a new ringtone technology called “Push Ringtones”. This technology effectively allows a caller to “hi-jack” the called-person’s ringtones. So in other words, if my theme song is Fantasic Voyage by Coolio, I can push that ringtone to any cell phone I call so that way my song plays loud and proud.

The interesting thing is that with this service, if the end caller likes the ringtone, they are then allowed to purchase it. No clue on how that works. But it sure sounds cool.

So watch out, in the near future, your phone could be hi-jacked by the likes of Abba’s Dancing Queen, Aqua’s Barbie Girl, or Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby! SCARY!!!
Emotive's official Ringjacker site


I heard about this on the radio and at first thought it sounded almost illegal. Forcing someone else's phone to play your ringtone? Or any host of illicit material you might (do) have stored on your phone? There's got to be a law somewhere.

But, then I started thinking of all the songs I'd send different friends. It doesn't sound like such a bad idea when you start thinking about how you would use it. Still, there's something wrong about this.

42PETUNIAS 10-13-2007 09:39 AM

Oh, it's wrong all right, but all your friends will be too busy buying the fuck out of it to care.

DFM 10-13-2007 11:44 AM

Well I for one refuse to endorse this product/service by not owning a cell phone.

Loki, The Fallen 10-13-2007 11:48 AM

Oh God Title™!
 
I see really horrible/funny/embarrassing ways to use that.

Either they have to have a moderator... or...

can you imagine someone taking an adult film soundtrack and 'pushing' it onto you phone in the middle of that big important meeting with the CEO?

...never getting a cell phone...

42PETUNIAS 10-13-2007 11:51 AM

Well, I imagine setting the cell phone to vibrate would negate the ringjacking. And, I interpreted it that it has to be a ringtone you bought, rather than just one you can upload.

bananarama 10-13-2007 09:17 PM

It'd be hilarious if you kept on sending something like the Communist Anthem (not sure if that's the exact name) to your friends' cells. They'd be getting weird looks and suspicion thrown all over them :D.

ArlanKels 10-13-2007 09:24 PM

How I would use it?

Dude..that makes it sound even more illegal.
I'd be sending the most disgustingly obnoxious songs possible to everyone I could, whenever I could.
Especially when they're at a place like the movies and they forgot to put it on vibrate.

EVILNess 10-14-2007 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ArlanKels
How I would use it?

Dude..that makes it sound even more illegal.
I'd be sending the most disgustingly obnoxious songs possible to everyone I could, whenever I could.
Especially when they're at a place like the movies and they forgot to put it on vibrate.

Hooray porn music!

bananarama 10-14-2007 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EVILNess
Hooray porn music!

I don't know what this is and yet I really don't want to know what this is. For the love of God, don't tell me what this is...

DFM 10-14-2007 02:08 AM

It's porn music I mean I don't really know how to break it down any more than that.


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