Re:iPhone 7 lets your neighbors know if you are home or out
by agf on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:17AM
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I would assume because MAC-based whitelisting is a commonly used WiFi access control mechanism?
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Re:iPhone 7 lets your neighbors know if you are home or out
by eridius on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:22AM
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Also possibly because, if it is associated with a wifi network, then it's already sending packets with its MAC address, so there's not much point in randomizing some of the packets.
Re:iPhone 7 lets your neighbors know if you are home or out
by developer2 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:51AM
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In addition to those who whitelist based on MAC address, some networks also assign "static IPs" via DHCP based on the MAC address.