AirDrop

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AirDrop is a UX on Apple modern iOS and MacOS devices that allows users to share pictures, notes, contacts, and link directly with each other in-room, independent of any centralized service or silo, an example of a distributed ideal.

Brainstorming

• Imagine if a stranger at an IndieWebCamp could open up something like AirDrop and find within the room people who had openly available h-cards or other interesting information (hobbies, jobs, etc.) to peruse.

See Also

• geofence
• audience
• 2019-06-05 The Atlantic: When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire
• 2019-06-08 NPR Podcast: Understanding AirDrop 'Crossfire'

  the fun is doing it with people you don't know. So if you're, you know, in a crowded subway, waiting for a concert to begin, at a school assembly

• open proof of concept: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
• Criticism: apparently Apple can remote disable/limit/restrict AirDrop! https://twitter.com/BusinessInsider/status/1596967908831158272
  • "Apple restricted AirDrop capabilities in China ahead of anti-government protests, leaving dissenters without key communication tool as demonstrations spread http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-restricted-airdrop-capabilities-in-china-ahead-of-protests-2022-11" @BusinessInsider November 27, 2022