{"id":383937,"date":"2018-11-06T15:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-could-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-you-as-friends\/"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:40:53","slug":"prison-planet-com-facebook-could-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-you-as-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-could-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-you-as-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Facebook could soon suggest people standing near you as friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6355801\/Facebook-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-friends.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>November 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>Facebook has patented a creepy new feature that uses sensors on your phone to see you in nearby \u2013 and suggest them as a friend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The firm\u2019s patent says the feature could be used when the \u2018first user and the second user forgot to obtain each other\u2019s full names and contact information.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It even reveals that phone sensors could spot people with similar movement patterns\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018In one embodiment, the broadcast trigger can occur when data from at least one of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, or a motion processor of the computing system indicates that the computing system is moving in a movement pattern similar to that of a source of the second wireless communication,\u2019 the patent says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It would use a range of sensors, including Bluetooth and NFC, and also analyze signal strength to find out who is nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The <a class=\"class\" href=\"http:\/\/appft.uspto.gov\/netacgi\/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PG01&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=%2220160157071%22.PGNR.&amp;OS=DN%2F20160157071&amp;RS=DN%2F20160157071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">patent <\/a>goes on to explain how sensors in the phone could monitor nearby people using the same \u2018connection suggestion module\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It could even use GPS, and analyze \u2018a stationary pattern, a walking pattern, a running pattern, or a vehicle-riding pattern\u2019 to find users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6355801\/Facebook-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-friends.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2018  at  7:01 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-could-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-you-as-friends.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-could-soon-suggest-people-standing-near-you-as-friends.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailNovember 6, 2018 Facebook has patented a creepy new feature that uses sensors on your phone to see you in nearby \u2013 and suggest them as a friend. 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