[Noisebridge-discuss] New Android app: Noisegate

[Danny O'Brien]

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 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'm pretty sure we can work out some interesting androidy thing that
would work with both of these preferences. For instance, if the
android app also let someone get an entry key, and then tied the entry
key to opening the door, then you would be approximating Jake's system
rather than the buzzer.


> 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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