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> How many users actually have BT on? I never have it on You are making arguments to support the past. > Also abusing an already insecure standard Bluetooth
by pilingual 11y ago
> How many users actually have BT on? I never have it on
You are making arguments to support the past.
> Also abusing an already insecure standard
Bluetooth Smart (i.e. 4.0+/LE) supports AES128 encryption, though that is irrelevant here since we are talking about beacons, which are public.
> the .gl TLD isn't supported by the standard, eh? who thought this through?
It is supported. If you read the Eddystone documentation carefully, you'll see that the TLD bytes are merely convenient shortcuts. You can encode "thedrop.club" if you want.