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Toothing was originally a hoax claim that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange random sexual encounters, perpetrated as a prank on the media who reported it. The hoax was created by Ste Curran, then Editor at Large at the gaming magazine Edge, and ex-journalist Simon Byron. They based it on the two concepts dogging and bluejacking that were popular at the time. The creators started a forum in March 2004 where they wrote fake news articles about toothing with other members and then sent them off to well-known Internet-based news services. The point of the hoax was to "highlight how journalists are happy to believe something is true without necessarily checking the facts". Dozens of news organizations, including BBC News, Wired News, and The Independent thought

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  • Toothing ist eine fiktive Form von Blind Date mit anonymem Sex, bei der Unbekannte – sogenannte Toother – an Orten mit vielen Menschen, beispielsweise im Zug oder an Konferenzen, über Bluetooth-taugliche Mobiltelefone Kontakt aufnehmen und mit mehrdeutigen Nachrichten ein Treffen für schnellen Sex vereinbaren, häufig auf einer Toilette. Toothing findet nicht in der Realität statt, sondern ist ein im Internet publizierter Scherz (Hoax), dessen Durchführung zumindest denkbar ist. Der Legende nach stammt Toothing aus London, wo es seit Anfang 2004 in der U-Bahn beobachtet worden sein soll. Am Anfang hätten sich so vor allem Homosexuelle getroffen, doch hätten mittlerweile auch heterosexuelle Menschen diese Spielart der Sexualität für sich entdeckt. Inzwischen hat sich herausgestellt, dass Toothing eine Moderne Sage ist, die sich zusammen mit Freunden ausgedacht hat. Siehe auch: Dogging (de)
  • El toothing fue un bulo que aseguraba que era posible utilizar el Bluetooth de los teléfonos móviles o PDAs para obtener encuentros sexuales aleatorios. (es)
  • Toothing was originally a hoax claim that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange random sexual encounters, perpetrated as a prank on the media who reported it. The hoax was created by Ste Curran, then Editor at Large at the gaming magazine Edge, and ex-journalist Simon Byron. They based it on the two concepts dogging and bluejacking that were popular at the time. The creators started a forum in March 2004 where they wrote fake news articles about toothing with other members and then sent them off to well-known Internet-based news services. The point of the hoax was to "highlight how journalists are happy to believe something is true without necessarily checking the facts". Dozens of news organizations, including BBC News, Wired News, and The Independent thought the toothing story was real and printed it. On April 4, 2005, Curran and Byron admitted that the whole thing was a hoax. There have, however, been real Bluetooth dating devices since. (en)
  • Toothing – pierwotnie medialna mistyfikacja, wedle której urządzenia wyposażone w technologię Bluetooth były używane do aranżowania przypadkowych kontaktów seksualnych. (pl)
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  • El toothing fue un bulo que aseguraba que era posible utilizar el Bluetooth de los teléfonos móviles o PDAs para obtener encuentros sexuales aleatorios. (es)
  • Toothing – pierwotnie medialna mistyfikacja, wedle której urządzenia wyposażone w technologię Bluetooth były używane do aranżowania przypadkowych kontaktów seksualnych. (pl)
  • Toothing ist eine fiktive Form von Blind Date mit anonymem Sex, bei der Unbekannte – sogenannte Toother – an Orten mit vielen Menschen, beispielsweise im Zug oder an Konferenzen, über Bluetooth-taugliche Mobiltelefone Kontakt aufnehmen und mit mehrdeutigen Nachrichten ein Treffen für schnellen Sex vereinbaren, häufig auf einer Toilette. Toothing findet nicht in der Realität statt, sondern ist ein im Internet publizierter Scherz (Hoax), dessen Durchführung zumindest denkbar ist. Siehe auch: Dogging (de)
  • Toothing was originally a hoax claim that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange random sexual encounters, perpetrated as a prank on the media who reported it. The hoax was created by Ste Curran, then Editor at Large at the gaming magazine Edge, and ex-journalist Simon Byron. They based it on the two concepts dogging and bluejacking that were popular at the time. The creators started a forum in March 2004 where they wrote fake news articles about toothing with other members and then sent them off to well-known Internet-based news services. The point of the hoax was to "highlight how journalists are happy to believe something is true without necessarily checking the facts". Dozens of news organizations, including BBC News, Wired News, and The Independent thought (en)
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  • Toothing (de)
  • Toothing (es)
  • Toothing (pl)
  • Toothing (en)
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