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Are there any lawyers here that can speak about the legal side of this? I could imagine a wifi provider that offers 30 minutes free wifi e.g. airports, has this
by mobilemidget 9y ago
Are there any lawyers here that can speak about the legal side of this? I could imagine a wifi provider that offers 30 minutes free wifi e.g. airports, has this covered in their terms and conditions or a country that could consider this as fraudulent?
- izacus 9y agoiPhones and Android phones do this for awhile already. If you read the article you'll notice that the MAC stays the same for a SSID for a working day. This makes sure it doesn't break networking and as a side effect captcha portal limits still work.
- paulfurley 9y agoI believe iPhones and Android phones only do it while in scanning mode. Once connected, they use the real MAC address.
- propogandist 9y agoFYI re: iPhone - "Researchers Break MAC Address Randomization and Track 100% of Test Devices" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-break-mac-address-randomization-and-track-100-percent-of-test-devices/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-b... Android - "Only an estimated 6% of Android phones randomize MACs, and they do it poorly." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/shielding-mac-addresses-from-stalkers-is-hard-android-is-failing-miserably/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/shiel...