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Why not just show a QR code on the screen and have the phone scan that. If it's been taking pictures, it can take one more :)
Because almost every single use of QR codes I've seen has been a terrible UX mistake. They're unwieldy, slow and annoying.
What is Bump's business model? The app is free. These services are free.
Same as Fb or Twitter, collect user data and eventually have some great monatization idea. If nobody has a good idea, you can always put AdMob or something on it "this bump was sponsored by ..." something. The idea is good, the best way so far to say "Bluetooth sucks".
Apparently they licensed their technology to Paypal to build their money-exchanging app. Maybe that's the plan.
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>Uploading something to a server just to share it with someone standing near you is ridiculous. Not really. For one thing, it greatly simplifies security concerns for the user without compromising anything.
No, there is always a compromise in security and privacy as part of the price of convenience.
It's the difference in immune system exposure between a pill and a hypodermic needle.
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Some feedback: I just filled out my virtual card with my contact info, and suddenly got an email from you guys in my inbox. I didn't sign up for an account or anything. IMO this is pretty shitty - I put this information into the app to send to other people, not so Bump can email me. And now I feel iffy putting other data into the app - Bump is not strictly the data exchange platform I thought it was. This is a violat…
We are a cloud based solution that takes privacy very seriously. We do not share your personal information with people or services you don't want. Our privacy policy is available both in the app and online: http://bu.mp/privacy
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It's more complicated than that though. A few months back when they removed those features, they used that spin to turn it into some free publicity that made it sound like they were unconventionally responding to their users. Now they're stuck with that lie, which I'm sure rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I'll bet it was worth it just to have their name in some memorable headlines.
Now they're stuck with that lie, which I'm sure rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I'll bet it was worth it just to have their name in some memorable headlines. Not only are they playing fast and loose with insecure passing of private data, they also tell their users lies? Maybe deleting their app was the right choice for me.
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I haven't used this app but I think the parent had expected that the data he entered would be confined to the application, not sent to the app developer. Simple analogy: Would you expect Microsoft to harvest every e-mail address you enter into Outlook?
Outlook is an application, not a web connected service, though. If I enter my email address when signing up for, say, Office Live, I'd expect to see a Microsoft email in my inbox every now and then.
This isn't remotely brilliant. This seems completely unnecessary and gimmicky.
1) I don't get it, so I'm unlikely to think it's brilliant without trying. (So now I need a laptop to upload photos from my mobile?...)
2) I wouldn't download this to try Bump without some better explanation, especially given implicit data protection reputation of just about every big consumer-facing company these days (especially one that trades in contact details.)
3) The title is full of gratuitous editorialization, which is against HN guidelines.
Since the topic has come up, one way to reduce collisions with all geolocation turned off would be to request the user tap a certain key (or even two keys in succession) with the phone instead of just the space bar.