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"the local cell towers will have similar records" I didn't see anything about cell towers keeping information in the faq and why would they. Bump manages all th
by samratjp 17y ago
"the local cell towers will have similar records" I didn't see anything about cell towers keeping information in the faq and why would they. Bump manages all the handshake (and probably uses something like diffie-hellman for security) and the location information seems like a secondary heuristic.
I am sure Bump uses more than mere cell phone reception, for iPod Touch is supported, which means wifi must/can be involved as well.
In a perfect world, yes, Bluetooth would do what it's meant to do, but in the real world people like to bump into each other :-)
- jmillikin 17y agoWas my choice of words poor? I didn't mean to imply that Bump or cell towers are retaining information. Rather, I don't trust cell phone companies to maintain their infrastructure more than absolutely necessary.
- samratjp 17y agoWhile I appreciate your sense of doubt about the cell companies, I personally wouldn't go as far without proper data on their high availability. Again, I am sure Bump has thought about this extensively enough to get some money from Sequoia.