Re: Proximity alarm interface

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:18:46 +0200, Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>  
wrote:
> Yep, this would reduce the number of requests to the server, although
> that can be even further reduced as Steve suggested. Whether the gain
> is big enough to warrant adding a new API just for one
> usecase...that's something I'm not totally sure.

I think the primary use case is privacy. For store offers (groupon),  
meetings (conferences, etc.), and a bunch of other cases I'd be happy to  
tell the site I'm around, but not tell them where I am all the time.


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:16:47 UTC