I can see some privacy concerns with this stuff. I was wondering what you all thought.

https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-aware https://youtu.be/xwSYPqqhTsQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Alliance#Wi-Fi_Direct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_marketing http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/wifi_alliance_ushers_in_new_era_of_i... https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/14/wi-fi-aware-aims-to-connect-all-your-devic... http://thehackernews.com/2017/08/android-8-oreo.html https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/index.html https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi-aware.html Traditionally, we'd build a decentralized anonymous p2p location enabled network app for this, potentially filtering or segmenting millions of nodes around the globe for scaleability by distance metrics. That's still a much needed app, but they typically design and operate globally before locally. WiFi Aware interfaces local before global, specifically within wifi range. People who... are open to chat, like this or that interest, are single and looking, have cryptocurrencies to trade, need help, etc. Further, opensource apps can utilize the WF-A API so you don't need to use all the closed ad/pay shitware that's about to explode onto scene. You can seed WF-A app data into the above decentral app tools. Overall, it's powerful and useful tech. Privacy is as usual... - Up to you (or the closedsource shit you foolishly continue to insist on supporting with your dollars, voice, usage and stupidity). - Depends on security, design model, options and features of the entire stack Also, so long as you have wifi hardware that can tx / rx raw frames, you could develop your own opensource "wifi-aware" network protocols in software. Closed WiFi Alliance crap not needed. A couple groups were working on opensource wifi firmwares. And RTL SDR groups are doing wifi completely opensource.