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    Sup App Wants To Connect You With Nearby Friends Without the Creep Factor

    SnapMunkBy SnapMunkDecember 8, 2015Updated:February 11, 20173 Comments2 Mins Read
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    Sup is a hyperlocal mobile app that makes it easier to connect with friends who happen to be close by at any given moment.  Nearby contacts are shown on a radar so that you can explore your area for pals or the app can be configured to provide notifications when people reach a certain proximity. When you discover someone close, you can send them a “Sup” text or record an audio note.

    The app does a good job avoiding the security & privacy vulnerabilities by only showing general location in terms of “within X meters away” rather than providing pinpoint accuracy.  Users can also “go dark” Jack Bauer style by temporarily disabling the location services to drop off the radar.

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    The key element of privacy though, and the ultimate utility of the service, like any social network, relies entirely on how many of your friends are using the app; in order to see your nearby friends, they must have downloaded and enabled Sup. If you don’t have any friends on Sup, and/or no one is nearby, you’re stuck starting at an empty, pulsing radar screen – a sad reminder that we are all alone in this isolated digital world.  Sup? *sniff*

    There are a few other entries into the hyperlocal map & chat space, including the quietly launched Google side project Who’s Down which consists of a simple toggle that a user can switch when they are, well, down to hang out. There’s also Connect, which is a similar play to Sup, except they actually display the friends’ locations on a map.

    Sup is based on London, England and is co-founded by Rich Pleeth, Robin Gadsby and Alan Fayolle. They launched in March of this year and in October raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The product is out of beta and free to download/use though the App Store – Sup is not yet available on Android.

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