I agree that the location service should be immunized against false data. Is there already something done?
2014-03-04 11:59 GMT+01:00 André Fiedler <[email protected]>: > And if someone feeds real world data, but does: > > latitude + random() > longitude + random() > > ? > > Wouldn't it mess up the geolocation service? Maybe 1 out of 100 won't mess > it up, but 1 out of 2 will. > > greetings, > SunboX > > Am 03. März 2014 um 23:23 schrieb Chris Peterson <[email protected]>: > > > On 3/3/14, 1:57 PM, Felix Baumann wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to write an algorithm to delete those plots? (they look >>> faked/wrong and useless to me) >>> >> >> Fortunately, geolocation clients probably won't be affected by fake data >> because the fake data probably won't match the cell tower or Wi-Fi MAC >> addresses clients see in the real world. :) >> >> And even if someone feed fake data into the database (which is >> inevitable), the service geolocates clients using multiple cells or >> Wi-Fi APs so any bogus outliers that appear far away will be filtered out. >> >> >> chris >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-geolocation mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-geolocation mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation > -- Vincent (caméléon) _______________________________________________ dev-geolocation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
