andyhawkes

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   by andyhawkes 12y ago

   The intention is that the client (whether that's the OS itself or an app as in the current Android proof-of-concept) visiting the broadcast URL will return specific metadata that will allow the user to know what the target content &#x2
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   by andyhawkes 12y ago

   Apple was mentioned because the current dominant beacon technology, and the technology being used by some (if not all) of the cited organisations (such as Major League Baseball) is iBeacon, which is an Apple-trademarked property. According
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   by andyhawkes 12y ago

   For me the FUD is more on the "Ermagherd! iBeacons can track you!" or "iBeacons will send you adverts!" level - most of it is down to bad journalism spreading fundamentally faulty information about how iBeacons actually
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   by andyhawkes 12y ago

   It makes total sense to make beacons broadcast something that devices can interpret / interact with directly. iBeacons are an interesting "first move" for the technology thanks to the weight Apple / iOS puts behind the p
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   by andyhawkes 12y ago

   I hate all these FUD headlines that claim iBeacons can track you or send you adverts - everything to do with beacons is (at present) mediated by an app, and therefore subject to a user installing it and granting permissions. Sure, you can g