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> information about users won’t be saved until they click a link, so the beacon owner will not know anyone was nearby until they visit the website It sounds li
by chrisfosterelli 11y ago
> information about users won’t be saved until they click a link, so the beacon owner will not know anyone was nearby until they visit the website
It sounds like the metadata is sourced from the bluetooth-broadcast, not via a separate request.
However, the specification itself[0] only has room for the URL and the telemetry data, so how they achieve this in practice is questionable.
[0] https://github.com/google/eddystone/blob/master/protocol-specification.md https://github.com/google/eddystone/blob/master/protocol-spe...
- shittingbull 11y agoAbsolute bullshit....
- dogma1138 11y agoThe beacons them selves have proximity sensing built in, that at least how the "ibeacons" works... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy#Proximity_sensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy#Proximity...
- fyolnish 11y agoProximity detection is done by the receiver. An iBeacon is just a dumb broadcaster.