- From: Sun, Dan <Dan.Sun@VerizonWireless.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:54:26 -0400
- To: 'Josh Soref' <jsoref@rim.com>, Core Mobile <public-coremob@w3.org>
- CC: DAP <public-device-apis@w3.org>
Josh Soref [mailto:jsoref@rim.com] wrote: >> As you see, it is important for carriers to know the current network, >> mostly for authentication purposes, but also as some of our platforms >> are not accessible from the Internet. It would also be nice to be >> capable of routing a connection through an interface, but that's another story. > Authentication purposes are not a remotely valid use case. Send an SMS to the device, let the user use that to answer a challenge. It works for > Google, it works for Facebook. There's also SMS push or something which Bryan is asking for. That would actually be a more acceptable path forward > than abusing Network Information. You might be right but this is how operators' servers setup today. Authentication only occurs when a mobile camps on cellular network. Thanks, Dan
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