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Another opportunity to collect marketing data(at the least).
by knowaveragejoe 12y ago
Another opportunity to collect marketing data(at the least).
- nkozyra 12y agoFor some people this is a fair tradeoff for "free" wifi.
- spacefight 12y agoNo, for most people it's that they don't even realize what the tradeoff is. It just "free", give it to me!!!11
- unicornporn 12y agoProbably. Getting a VPN provider could be a solution for the few who knows about such solutions. If all ports but 80 and 443 isn't blocked that is.
- ynniv 12y agoA VPN provider won't protect your MAC address from being physically tracked.
- eigenvector 12y agoBut a rooted device does.
- ShaneOG 12y agoIIRC iOS 8 performs MAC address randomization for just this reason.
- macleanjr 12y agoThis is only when searching for WiFi... once you connect the access point will know your true MAC address.
- tekromancr 12y agoNo, unfortunately the MAC randomization seems to be pretty ineffective. IIRC, it only happens when the phone is sleeping, and has been for several minutes. http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/26/more-details-on-how-ios-8s-mac-address-randomization-feature-works-and-when-it-doesnt/ http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/26/more-details-on-how-ios-8s-mac...
- icebraining 12y agoSome VPN providers offer their services on port 443. Don't ask me why I know :)