If Bob (or Alice) hands his (or her) phone to the other, then if both
phones are shaken in the same hand, the acceleration pattern might
provide an extremely unique yet similar signature, not unlike exchanging
an encryption key.
So if you want to establish a trusted relationship with another Neo
user, the two phones are shaken together until the software indicates
that you have generated a complex enough pattern that has been
recognized on the other.
Michael, this is (I think) brilliant!
We could call it... "the handshake" (OK, anyone who doesn't know why
that's funny, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshaking).
I wonder if we could do an Neo-iPhone handshake the same way? I heard
something about Apple finally releasing an SDK for the iPhone :-)
(Please, no follow-ups to this jibe, except off-list!).
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