<div dir="ltr">The broadcast is ONLY done when the wallet is in Receive mode. Same as when the QR code is visible. The use of the *Name* section is specifically so that a recipient can broadcast their name/handle. Not so the recipient would broadcast the name of the Sender.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><table border="0" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="width:auto;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/webapp.wisestamp.com/v7Zg7GfIQ9mF5xlHZrZA_airbitzlogo.png" alt="logo" style="border:none;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-left-radius:4px"> <span style="font-size:small"> <br></span></td><td><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#3d85c6"><b>Paul Puey</b></font><font color="#808080"> </font><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">CEO / Co-Founder</span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">, Airbitz Inc</span></span><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><a style="color:rgb(128,128,128);outline:none;text-decoration:none">+1-6</a>19-850-8624 </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(69,102,142)">| </span><a href="http://airbitz.co/" style="color:rgb(128,128,128);outline:none" target="_blank">http://airbitz.co</a></span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(128,128,128)"> </span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(128,128,128)"><span style="color:rgb(69,102,142)">| </span>San Diego</span></div><div style="margin-top:5px"><a href="http://facebook.com/airbitz" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/facebook.png" width="16" style="border:none"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/airbitz" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/twitter.png" width="16" alt="" style="border:none"></a> <a href="https://plus.google.com/118173667510609425617" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/googleplus.png" width="16" style="border:none"></a> <a href="https://go.airbitz.co/comments/feed/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/blogRSS.png" width="16" style="border:none"></a> <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/paulpuey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/linkedin.png" width="16" style="border:none" alt=""></a> <a href="https://angel.co/paul-puey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com/angelList.png" width="16" style="border:none" alt=""></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size:14px;margin-bottom:4px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><b style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,sans-serif">DOWNLOAD THE AIRBITZ WALLET:</b><br></div><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airbitz" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com.s3.amazonaws.com/apps/mobile_android.png" style="border:none"> </a></span><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airbitz/id843536046" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.wisestamp.com.s3.amazonaws.com/apps/mobile_iphone.png" style="border:none"></a></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Mike Hearn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@plan99.net" target="_blank">mike@plan99.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm imagining myself walking around broadcasting my photo and MAC<br>
address while hucksters push payment requests to me for approval</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I hate to break it to you, but you broadcast a photo of your face every time you walk outside ;)</div><div><br></div><div>Bluetooth MAC addresses are random, they aren't useful identifiers. If someone can see you, a face is a far more uniquely identifying thing than a MAC.</div><div><br></div><div>"Payment spam" might be a problem. I can imagine a wallet requiring that such requests are signed and then spammers can be blacklisted in the usual fashion so they can't push things to your phone anymore. Anyway, a hurdle that can be jumped if/when it becomes an issue.</div></div></div></div>
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