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by tzs 2419 days ago
> iPhone also still sends the device name to the DHCP server when requesting an IP, so if you haven't changed it, it is broadcasting "<Your first name>'s iPhone" to the network.

Awareness of this is probably going up. Comcast is actually running TV ads that point it out [1].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45-5Rga1B8