[Noisebridge-discuss] New Android app: Noisegate

[Ian Smith]

An android app already existed; Josh's app is just a stripped-down form of
the same thing.

My understanding is that the app is an android-specific implementation of a
platform-agnostic protocol, just hitting the gate-opening uri.

In any case, ignoring for a moment the question of a need for increased
access control, I think the existing Android app was a great thing from an
accessibility perspective (the pay phone is not very reachable from my
wheelchair), and Josh's app is potentially a major UI improvement.
On Oct 9, 2012 9:01 AM, "rachel lyra hospodar" <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:

> We do have undesired, even banned users, who have smartphones. I
> personally don't think 'has an android' is a meaningful bar of entry.  My
> preference would be a more platform-agnostic tool - for example, some kind
> of sms authentication.
>
> I think it's interesting that, at the same time that jake (with much
> community backing and momentum) is talking about further restricting gate
> access, based on actual identity, josh has created a way for anyone to come
> in without any authentication at all.  We already had this, sort of, with
> physical keys.  The difference now is that it comes with a handy built-in
> economic and technological barrier, and without the meatspace
> authentication process of having to be given a physical key.
>
> Additionally, I have an issue with the ability to easily buzz the door
> remotely. I think access to our physical space should be linked to presence
> at the physical space.
>
> Sounds less than excellent to me.
>
> R.
> On Oct 6, 2012 11:30 AM, "Josh Juran" <jjuran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm creating an Android app to open the gate.
>>
>> There is already an Android app that can do this, but I'm dissatisfied
>> with it for a number of reasons, and my use case really does only call for
>> opening the gate and nothing else.  Here are my thoughts on the new app:
>>
>> It's called Noisegate.  I'm reusing the Noisebridge app icon from the
>> existing Noisebridge app.
>>
>> The app has a single main screen with a slider control.  That lets you
>> open the gate with one touch (once the app is open) with minimal risk of
>> accidental triggering.  There will be at least one info screen and some
>> links to the Web as well.
>>
>> It uses the same Web service on pony as the existing Noisebridge app,
>> with the same key of "MobileBridge".  I'd especially like to know if people
>> think it should use a different key, or something more sophisticated than a
>> single hard-coded value.  Though we should probably punt this as needless
>> complexity until we start having an issue with undesired visitors using
>> smartphones for entry, which doesn't seem a likely scenario for now.  On
>> the other hand, buzzing the gate remotely (either from malice or mere
>> curiosity) is a potential issue we may want to guard against.
>>
>> I'd like to hear your feedback.  Let me know what you'd like to see in
>> this app.
>>
>> Josh
>>
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