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Re:JFK Displays Actual Wait Times Using Beacons That Monitor... by eli on Friday August 21, 2015 @11:36AM (#10098177)
Nope, definitely not "most" phones. iOS 8 randomizes MAC addresses, but probably not often enough to stop this from working: http://blog.airtightnetworks.com/ios8-mac-randomgate/

And of course you would only need a sample of passengers with static MACs for this to work.

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