RE: Network Information Use Cases

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

Received on Thursday, 5 July 2012 20:54:55 UTC