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- For iBeacon you must have installed an app that monitors some iBeacon in order to get notified. - More generally, for Bluetooth LE there are security measure

by doe88 13y ago

- For iBeacon you must have installed an app that monitors some iBeacon in order to get notified. - More generally, for Bluetooth LE there are security measures implemented see [1] page 1301 and [2] for all the details. [1] https://www.bluetooth.org/docman/handlers/downloaddoc.ashx?doc_id=229737 https://www.bluetooth.org/docman/handlers/downloaddoc.ashx?d... [2] http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911133 http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911133

belorn 13y ago
"You pause in front of a concert poster on the street, pull out your phone, and you’re greeted with an option to buy tickets with a single tap." I guess before I am greeted by that concert poster, I will have to download the concert poster app. thanks for the links through. The system seems to work as I initial thought, which is why i was confused by the way it was presented in the article.