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How Does WeChat Find People Around You?


im wondering how does WeChat's Shake works ? not matter of sensor, i mean how does it find people in a circle radius ? is it a modifie version of asmack which sends last known latitude,longitude with each ping? im currently using a modified version of asmack in favour of FileTransfer, i also have maps on my application, am i able to use it without too much effort? thanks alot


Solution

  • Speculation:

    They send your latitude & longitude to their server, which queries for other users in a specified radius and returns the results to your device.