The Ringtone only Teens Can Hear
13th Jun. 2006
When I originally mentioned the Teen Buzz ringtone, I did so as I thought it was a creative way of circumventing adult authority by using the very tool used against them. A company called Compound Security Systems had developed what they call a "Mosquito ultrasonic teenage deterrent", designed to drive kids away from malls, stores and other places where teens congregate and annoy paying customers. Well this idea has become very viral, the general news media has picked up on it, people are sharing the file via p2p, and even Compound Security Systems is selling thee own version. In a sign of my advancing age I downloaded a copy and couldn't hear a thing.
Here is a copy of the Teen Buzz ringtone in mp3 format.
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