Quote from: coins101 on March 02, 2016, 11:40:50 PM

Quote from: georgem on March 02, 2016, 11:10:14 PM

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We shouldn't.
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Ah, the authoritarian. You can choose any colour you like, as long as its the one I like approach Grin

Let people choose to opt in (help bitcoin), or opt out (this stuff creeps me out).

IP addresses are poor for locating people to within a few miles.

Mobile SPVs have a far better gps style location system this is accurate to within a few meters, for those that hit that opt-in button.

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So you can choose

> I'm buying drugs today and then visiting a stripper. I'll opt out.

> I'm buying beans today, who gives a shit who knows that. I'll opt-in and help Bitcoin

I'll defend privacy even if I have to become ~~an authoritarian, lol!~~ hitler himself!

Is there any current SPV wallet out there (for any coin) that is asking the user for access to its mobile's geolocation data?

I don't think so, for the same reason my bank doesn't ask me about geolocation every time I log into e-finance.

Since SPV wallets are inherently insecure devices, is it clever to broadcast the very position of such a device to a network?

I'm just asking.... it sounds like something that will be very tough to sell to the masses. ("... and that's supposed to help bitcoin??" they will ask, ... "by compromising my security?")

So I guess we'll be stuck with IPs.

Your thoughts? Maybe I'm missing something.