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by HackinOut 4079 days ago
> (because iOS devices broadcast this when scanning for networks IIRC?)

Not anymore, Apple fixed that in recent iOS versions. Probe requests are not divulging SSIDs anymore. However WifiGate uses common SSIDs and network operators preloaded ones as honeypots.

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Seems that wasn't fixed reliably. Still seeing lots of probe requests. Is there a https://support.apple.com/HT... talking about it?
Not aware of anything from Apple about this issue. It was just an assumption, sorry. What I did is test up to date devices (i think i even tested an up to date iOS 6) and couldn't get any specific SSID. The probe requests were still there, but SSID parameter was always set to Broadcast.

However I did see a lots of probe requests WITH a SSID parameter set but those were not coming from my devices :). I assumed they were not up to date.

I am very interested to know if the probe requests you're seeing are also coming from unknown devices: if they aren't, could you provide us with the iOS version you're using/testing with?

The devices I know are several iPhones 6/6+ running iOS 8.3.