I'm just saying it can be done. Not that it should be the new gold standard.
A less chatty implementation would be if each phone only contacted the server when it sensed a possible quake. If it gets a few correlated hits, it can even send out a "hey did everyone feel that?" question.
A less chatty implementation would be if each phone only contacted the server when it sensed a possible quake. If it gets a few correlated hits, it can even send out a "hey did everyone feel that?" question.