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iTrust app augments the user view of the neighboring devices and keeps history of encountered (nearby) devices, frequency of encounter, location along with other statistics. It also provides recommendations about potential trustworthy devices among those encountered based on a combined filter that our research group has introduced. A user may decide to meet a device"s owner face-to-face to establish a trusted relationship for future communications. An accompanying registration service enables users to map device identifications (using mac addresses) to actual user names.
iTrust application (currently available on Android) measures encounters (keep track of nearby Bluetooth devices) and recommend users to trust. It draws its inspiration from the social science principle of Homophily. It provides you a way to measure Homophiliy. It also has a goal to promote proximity based communication and service by providing context based on Trust and Encounters. iTrust can easily be exten
