The newest craze out of London, England is the silent ring tones for cell phones. It has been reported that these tones were devised for teens to receive text message notification that the sound frequency is out side the more mature ear (parent or teacher). As we age our hearing is damaged or loses high frequency hearing range. This sound emitted by the phones is purposely in the higher ranges so that only the young and dogs can hear them.

Innocent enough you may say, but consider this. The whole publicized reason for these ring tones are deception. To allow the user to secretly receive text messages during classes. I guess we could say its the modern day equivalent to passing notes around the class in earlier days. The young English science/computer student turned entrepreneur is making lots of money off his handy work by marketing whole sale deception. The ring tones where purposely created for the means of creating deception. Those who download the ring tones are bent on deceiving authority, so we have a situation that systematically promotes dishonesty.

The news media reports this phenomenon as a curious innocent craze. However, its whole premise is based on dishonesty and deception. The other side of this story could not be so innocent. There are several variations of these ring tones according to the news reports. Sounds are modulating frequencies that can hold carrier signals. The next step logically is taking these modulated frequencies and inset the carrier signals with subliminal messages.

Young people are a major purchasing power around the world. Any unscrupulous person or business would be able pass subliminal messages to our children. These messages unbeknownst to their parents would dictate what to buy, how to act, influence political view, and the deterioration of family values. The sky is the limit to any one, business or government not bound with normal ethics.

As technology increases, our ability to manipulate our environment and each other is getting greater. H.G. Wells is no longer fiction, but a probability.