Re:Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking al...
by anabab on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:28AM
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what if you do a tracker that randomizes bluetooth mac address every few minutes?
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Re:Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking al...
by imp0cat on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @08:44AM
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That would probably work. Not sure if one actually exists though.
Re:Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking al...
by sandywaffles on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:40AM
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It very much does and has for a while now: https://samteplov.com/uploads/who-tracks-the-trackers/tracke...
Using randomized or rolling addresses avoids detection to an extent, depending on how many randomized addresses one uses and how often they're rotated.
However, it's also trivial to detect randomized (or rolling) addresses due to the address being utilized for more than a single locality. Although, I'm not sure that either Apple or Google is actually doing the randomized detection even with this new patch.