From “Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks” (pdf). “Similarity breeds connection. This principle—the homophily principle—structures network ties of every type, including marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer, exchange, comembership, and other types of relationship.”
Archive for January, 2009
Internet Identity and Conspiracy 101
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Recently, I’ve started to work on the problem of sybil attacks in mobile nets, and I came across this old discussion on identities in the Internet. The Snakes of Medusa and Cyberspace: Internet identity subversion.
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Enabling New Mobile Applications with Location Proofs
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Idea of : Any device can request a location proof from the infrastructure when it is within communication range; the recipient device can then transmit the proof obtained from the infrastructure to any application that wishes to verify the device’s location.
Applications: store discounts for loyal customers (frequent visitors), green commuting proof, location-restricted content delivery, reducing fraud on auction websites, and police investigations (alibis producing).
DeviceAnywhere
Friday, January 9th, 2009 I don’t know how it works but it seems to be a nice mobile testbed. Anyone knows more?
“An award-winning, ground-breaking product designed by Mobile Complete, DeviceAnywhere™ provides developers real-time interaction with handsets that are connected to live global networks. Built on Mobile Complete’s innovative device interaction technology, Direct-To-Device™, DeviceAnywhere enables you to connect to and control mobile devices around the world – using just the Internet. Through DeviceAnywhere’s original, non-simulated, real-time platform, you can remotely press buttons, view LCD displays, listen to ringers and tones, and play videos … just as if you were holding the device in your hands!”