Should phones have something that shows your profile to people in the proximity? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by testman@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The whole idea is a privacy minefield, so it would have to be very carefully designed and implemented, of course making it opt-in. But still, should we even pursue this idea?

So that, for example, even if I met someone just briefly, they can still later see the contact information that I am willing to provide.

Wouldn't that make it much easier to connect with people who live close to you?

Are there any relevant projects or ideas that already exist?

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[-] piezzo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

nah, i think what apple did is a great implementation if your idea. simple and safe. just tap two phones together and contact info is shared. i think android should be able to do this too. but ofc, it's "Apple-only" like airdrop

[-] CharlesReed@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Samsung has something similar but using QR codes. You just pull up the code associated with your profile, the other person scans it, and boom, contact added. I'm not sure if it works phone types though. I assume it would.

[-] Scrath@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's not samsung specific. My xiaomi has that feature too

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