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I was sitting the office in the early days of the pandemic when my phone suddenly buzzed. "Allison's iPhone is trying to connect to your device." I rejected the
by firefoxd 5y ago
I was sitting the office in the early days of the pandemic when my phone suddenly buzzed. "Allison's iPhone is trying to connect to your device." I rejected the request because I had no idea who Allison was. A minute later, I hear someone at the door. I was alone in the office, so I introduced myself, and asked if she had tried to connect to a Bluetooth device. She had not touched her phone at all.
This gave me an idea, I scanned for nearby Bluetooth devices while walking in the office. Turns out, there were lots of people in the building each thinking they were alone.
Just for fun, I set up a raspberry pi that constantly track Bluetooth near by and record their mac address. Every time a new device shows up, it pings me. And when they disappear it also tells me.
Everyone has Bluetooth turned on now because of wireless earbuds. You can easily track people like that.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoMAC addresses randomize now, do you see the same ones over and over?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- firefoxd 5y agoI've turned on the device in my apartment for at least 30 minutes. I still see the same mac addresses popping in and out.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoIs it synced? When I use a sniffer mine always changes.
- WelcomeShorty 5y agoThe addresses are randomised when scanning for a connection. Once the connection is made, the fixed MAC address will be used.