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"Bluecasing": how to find Bluetooth devices - and how to hide them

From "Bluecasing: War Nibbling, Bluetooth and Petty Theft," by Adrian Crenshaw, IronGeek.com, 13 June:

"Bluecasing* is the act of finding devices to intrude or steal via Bluetooth... You could see Bluecasing as being sort of like Wardriving, except you are looking for Bluetooth devices instead of 802.11a/b/g/n access points. For an example of thieves using Bluetooth signals to locate things to steal, [click here]...

"This article is not intended to help people learn to steal expensive toys, but to cover the basics of how Bluetooth devices find one another. Bluecasing/War Nibbling does not have to be for larceny. Someone could merely be curious what devices are out there... For more in depth technical information read Ollie Whitehouse's article 'War Nibbling: Bluetooth Insecurity'...

"What follows is a brief synopsis of how Bluecasing is done, what tools are used and what things can be done to make it harder for thieves to find Bluetooth Devices..."
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*Bluecasing is a concatenation of Blue (as in Blootooth) and Casing (as in 'Casing the joint'). Yes, it's a term I just made up, but it sure does sound good does it not?"

[Bluetooth: 13 June 2006]