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"Whistle lets you know who's spending time with your dog while you're away, be it family or friends." How the hell does it do that? Before I saw the founders c

by dfc 13y ago

"Whistle lets you know who's spending time with your dog while you're away, be it family or friends." How the hell does it do that? Before I saw the founders comment here on HN I thought this was an elaborate ruse because of this "feature."

pdeuchler 13y ago
Seconded. I thought it was a joke at first, making fun of the "It's X, but for dogs!" meme. Definitely seems like this is solving a non-problem
qq66 13y ago
Maybe it exposes a Wi-Fi access point and sees which MAC addresses connect?