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Re: Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development

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Adrian-ChatLocl wrote: post #21
BanAntiVaxxers wrote: post #7

There's so many ways to fake your location data. There's one way that you can't really fake: Send them a secret code on a piece of paper in the US mail to their physical address. NextDoor used to do this at one point.

That seems a little excessive for an app like this. The only way I know of that users can fake their location is with a rooted device. I check for rooted devices in the app though so locations can't be spoofed.

Device doesn't have to be rooted to spoof the location.

Also, I hope you're not using Play Integrity (lol), because that means all the old phones you allow can be rooted, hide it from you and/or spoof positive chdck result........ because they're insecure like sieves..... Whilst you'd be banning modern and unrooted phones.

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Marsymars wrote: post #32
drnick1 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So presumably this will be an evil app that reinforces Google monopoly by using Play Integrity?

What else would you suggest for an app with this concept?

Standard AOSP Hardware Attestation.

Play Integrity passes for devices unpatched for several years, which makes it a joke.

Re: Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development

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MarsIronPI wrote: post #47
tclancy wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, every phone has a camera built-in and you don't have to worry about drivers or anything like that.

I mean, every browser (worth supporting) can use the device's camera[0] and you don't have to worry about building for every OS or anything like that. [0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Captu...

I think you missed my point. That camera can be anything whereas a phone camera is going to work and no, most computers don’t have an always available camera.

Other than that, touché.

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Post by ranger_danger »

BanAntiVaxxers wrote: post #7

There's so many ways to fake your location data. There's one way that you can't really fake: Send them a secret code on a piece of paper in the US mail to their physical address. NextDoor used to do this at one point.

Disagree, it's very easy to temporarily forward USPS mail for a specific name from one address to another, and the sender has no idea.

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

Adrian-ChatLocl wrote: post #58
drnick1 wrote: post #49

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Maybe just trust the users, and rely on human moderation to deal with abuse. It's basically how any community works.

I thought this comment thread was about location spoofing, but if we're talking about abuse on the platform, I do have a "report" button for each chat message. After 2 - 3 reports, the message gets deleted.

That's not an appropriate way to handle abuse, because then malicious reports become a new abuse vector.
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