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Retailers also use your MAC address from your phone which is always being published unless you take precautions. http://lifehacker.com/how-retail-stores-track-
by erjjones 9y ago
Retailers also use your MAC address from your phone which is always being published unless you take precautions.
http://lifehacker.com/how-retail-stores-track-you-using-your-smartphone-and-827512308 http://lifehacker.com/how-retail-stores-track-you-using-your...
- coldcode 9y agoNot on iOS anymore, that value is scrambled on a regular basis.
- 0xCMP 9y agoThis is super cool. Was there any announcement or documentation for this? We used a Cisco Meraki router once for a client and rigged it up to know who was in the office (for fun, to be aware that it could be done). It'd be nice to know the iPhone/iPad scramble themselves if possible.
- ghostly_s 9y agoApple made this change in 2014, it was widely reported. [1] Apparently it exists on Android now also, though I don't follow that platform closely. 1. https://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/ios8-to-stymie-trackers-and-marketers-with-mac-address-randomization/ https://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/ios8-to-stymie-tracker...
- dylz 9y agoAndroid does the same thing, both announced a while ago
- mgberlin 9y agoOnly if your phone is locked and it is looking for all open wifi networks. If you unlock it or it is connected to a particular wifi network this is not true.
- haddr 9y agoNo necessarily. If you are connected to some wifi and sending/receiving data, your MAC is still visible in the air.