Abstract: A method and system enables mobile wireless devices to identify and track each other in a connectionless communication scheme. Various use cases are possible, including image privacy, where users carry mobile devices that advertises their preferences and positioning data to other mobile devices in close proximity. When imagery collection begins on a given device, information from other surrounding mobile devices in the proximity is collected and processed against a plurality of onboard data acquisition tools and analytics to determine if certain portions of the collected imagery require redaction/filtering based on predefined relationships with the other surrounding users with mobile devices in the vicinity. Redaction and/or filtering may be managed based on a plurality of predefined inputs such as an established contacts list.