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shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Not really but good guess. We didn't make TetherMe. Maybe you mean iTether?
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
That's a good question. We'll change that.
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Yes we have proxy servers. And yes the connection is encrypted
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
I'm assuming you mean the ad-hoc password. I will change this in the next release.

I can assure you that the data is encrypted from the phone to the server and never stored anywhere.

shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
I can't really go into much more detail than the first responder did without getting into trouble :)

Let's just say it's magic.

shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Yeah, we almost have this working an know there is a huge demand for it. Still a few technical hurdles to solve though.
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Thanks, I'll get our web dev guy to look into that.
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Yes they do. We've tested them on iPhones, BlackBerry browser, and the Aurora browser on Android.
shankinson··on Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
Hey guys. I'm the developer behind this tech.

Glad to see it's got you thinking :). It took a lot of brainstorming and testing/debugging to get this up and running.

Hope you enjoy it!