IPhone. Single. Looking to make friends on any network.

This is what Bonjour (nee Rendezvous aka Zeroconf) does in life, and Windows machines do the same thing. Hostnames are not private otherwise why would you need a name in the first place?

Sounds like a business opportunity for a "who is around you that is within 3 degrees of you on linkedin" app. There probably is one already.

On a tangential note, apps like HandsOff and LittleSnitch aren't effective at sandboxing malicious software. (This should be obvious, but it apparently requires saying.)<p>The easiest way to bypass HandsOff/LittleSnitch is by temporarily replacing a trusted executable with another binary - there is no mechanism in place to verify that the binary itself hasn't changed since it was granted permissions.<p><a href="http://natanyellin.com/2011/11/03/bypassing-little-snitch/" rel="nofollow">http://natanyellin.com/2011/11/03/bypassing-little-snitch/</a>

To a lonely girl obviously waiting for her date in a public place:<p>"You must be &#60;name snatched from her ipod/ipad&#62;?"<p>"Yes?"<p>"He's not coming."<p>Very big security problem, indeed.

It's a great feature, isn't it? Apple's products automatically connect your devices to each other, and once they have authenticated, are allowed to easily sync and transfer files.

Sounds like a great way to break the ice with that pretty girl you've been eyeing. If their hostname has their name, you can even play the psychic ;-)