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by javl 3334 days ago
I believe recent versions of IOS still do this in some form, but they use random MAC addresses. But even if recent devices don't send out probe requests anymore, there are still many older devices or devices with out-of-date OSes to make this work.

While testing I didn't really have a way see what percentage of devices around me sent probe request, but the absolute amount of devices is still high.