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It's only unlikely to happen if you actively connect to the tube wifi, otherwise it works as expected, my phone will likely be locked while I get to the station
by Sephiroth87 9y ago
It's only unlikely to happen if you actively connect to the tube wifi, otherwise it works as expected, my phone will likely be locked while I get to the station, so I'll get a random MAC...
- Matt3o12_ 9y agoYour iPhone uses its real MAC address as soon as you unlock your device. Unfortunately, many networks still do security by MAC address, so a random MAC address would break WiFi on many networks.
- Sephiroth87 9y agoThe only source for this a could find was an old paper on iOS 8, while this more recent one https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.02874.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.02874.pdf seems to suggest the randomisation works as intended for unknown networks...