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by rbcgerard 3033 days ago
Why can’t Apple have sone sort of WiFi annonimization so I’m not broadcasting a unique signal all the time?
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cpeterso 3033 days ago
iOS 8+ and Android 6+ devices do use a random MAC address for Wi-Fi scanning:

https://blog.mojonetworks.com/ios8-mac-randomization-analyze...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmal...

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rbcgerard 3031 days ago
Apparently not very well

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/10/mac_address_randomi...

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