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Yes, but you could have hundreds of thousands of devices connected to that tower in a dense metro area. Even a single hardware address collision would result in
by kbolino 3y ago
Yes, but you could have hundreds of thousands of devices connected to that tower in a dense metro area. Even a single hardware address collision would result in both devices being unable to reliably reach emergency services.
- kbolino 2y agoIt seems a number of devices are now randomizing their MACs when connected to wifi. I'm not sure how they handle address collisions, if they do at all. Most wifi APs serve a lot fewer devices than a cell tower, but it's possible that the issue isn't as significant as I thought.