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		bradbeattie on Oct 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius Could this be defeated by a "snap to grid" technique? The installed client takes the actual location of the user and locates the nearest grid point (the resolution of which is up for debate) and reports as at that location?

7952 on Oct 27, 2016 [–]

Or increase the radius randomly after a pair of users have communicated for the first time.

qq66 on Oct 27, 2016 | [–]

That's not sufficient because a hostile actor could have three phones with three accounts.

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