Systems and methods for location enabled search and secure authentication

A system for authentication in ride hailing situations, the system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• a cellular network interface;
• a first point-to-point communication interface for medium range communication;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the cellular network interface, and the first point-to-point communication interface, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to:
• receive, via the cellular network interface, first location data of a computing device of a driver while the system and the computing device are a first distance apart in view of the first location data;
• determine that the system and the computing device are a second distance apart, wherein the second distance apart is less than the first distance apart and the second distance apart satisfies a first threshold distance condition of a plurality of threshold distance conditions;
• responsive to determining that the first computing device and the second computing device are the second distance apart, receive, via a first point-to-point communication session with the computing device of the driver, second location data of the computing device from the computing device, wherein the first point-to-point communication session is established by way of the first point-to-point communication interface.