Should phones have something that shows your profile to people in the proximity?

testman@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 25 points –

The whole idea is a privacy minefield, so it would have to be very carefully designed and implemented, of course making it opt-in. But still, should we even pursue this idea?

So that, for example, even if I met someone just briefly, they can still later see the contact information that I am willing to provide.

Wouldn't that make it much easier to connect with people who live close to you?

Are there any relevant projects or ideas that already exist?

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Telegram messenger has this feature, but I don't remember any of my friends having it on.

Sadly it just results in spam from pornusers that fake their location

I turned it on once. It was all alt right groups whose motives were to take over the local parks with violence, and some nudist group that appeared to be offline. I turned the feature off and went back to the friendly furry faces of normal telegram. :P