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Location-based Security for Wireless Apps

Posted by michael on from the invisible-perimeter dept.

developerWorks writes "Studies by industry analysts forecast even greater demand for wireless and mobile devices, creating substantial opportunities for wireless device application and service providers. Faced with an increasingly difficult challenge in raising both average revenue per user (ARPU) and numbers of subscribers, wireless carriers and their partners are developing a host of new products, services, and business models based on data services. This article looks at location-based services, security, and how they boost both service and revenue."

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  1. My radio... by Economist · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... is supposed to be wireless too, but the one time i took a screwdriver to check ... i found out i was really f*cked by that salesman ;-)

    1. Re:My radio... by Fizzl · · Score: 2, Funny

      This reminds me of a company my friend used to work for. the companys main product was (is?) wireless hardware for net-access. His supervisor didn't always think everything throught.
      Best example was once he stormed into the server room which was in middle of re-arragment and tripped on one ethernet cable that was laying near the doorway. The boss promptly proceeded to yank the cable out of the machine it was attached to, screaming: "What the f*ck is this!?! We are supposed to be WIRELESS!!".

      Friend promised: "I will explain you as fast as you plug that back in, I believe few hundred of our customers don't want to wait till I explain to you exactly what that wire is for..."

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    2. Re:My radio... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "i was really f*cked by that salesman"

      Your keyboard is missing the U key. That salesman really fucked you this time. You should consider shopping elsewhere.

  2. Not another buzzword by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny



    Faced with an increasingly difficult challenge in raising both average revenue per user (ARPU)

    I swear, if ARPU becomes the next buzzword, I'll die!

    1. Re:Not another buzzword by HiQ · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's about money, money, money: so rest assured that this is going to be a buzzword, a buzzword with an ever growing importance. But we give you our solemn pledge that we'll visit the grave of the anonymous coward!

  3. Regardless of location, the screens are too small. by dagg · · Score: 4, Funny
    There just isn't enough room on my cell-phone screen to fit any (more) advertisements. Besides... what difference does it make where I am? There is always a Starbucks within a one-block radius.
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  4. And yet... by YanceyAI · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wireless is nifty, but I won't really be happy until a chip in my brain is recieving data and I get a nice little readout in my peripheral vision. Neruomancer anyone?

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  5. Re:Regardless of location, the screens are too sma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    There just isn't enough room on my cell-phone screen to fit any (more) advertisements

    We're working on that! The next generation of cell phones will have a second screen just for popups. Thanks for the tip--we're securing a patent at the present.

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  6. Location information for security? by dachshund · · Score: 2, Funny
    The only interesting thing in that article is the notion that companies will use location info as a security measure to insure that you really are where you say you are, or to track people down when they do illegal stuff over their phone.

    I can just picture it now-- I get my PIN wrong three times trying to check my bank balance, and two cops come over and arrest me.

  7. Re:gonna take more than that... by Slack0ff · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just to appoligize before someone else points it out, yes I did misspell from... im a dumbass, exuse my stupidity

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  8. Re:Wireless and Global Positioning by October_30th · · Score: 2, Funny

    But, but... if you're a fugitive on the run and you have to call your estranged wife for some money, clothes and food using the mobile phone you stole from the prison guard you wrestled to the ground during your daring escape, you DON'T want them to track that phone down!!

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  9. Location information for mobile phones. by sifi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most of my mobile phone conversations consist of:

    >Hello, I'm [here], where are you?
    >Oh, I'm [here]
    >Now I'm [here] can you see me.
    >Sorry you broke up, what did you say?
    >I'm [here], I can't see you.
    etc...

    It would be great if I had a phone which allowed my to find my friends. Of cousre the phone companies would hate it, they'd loss loads of $ on all those uncessary lengthy phone calls.

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    1. Re:Location information for mobile phones. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Sorry you broke up, what did you say?

      You must be one of those rare female Slashdot readers!

      If someone called a male cellphone user about a breakup, only an awkward, embarrased silence would follow as the poor guy would desperately come up with an appropriate line.