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Re:iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi ... by sbierwagen on Monday June 09, 2014 @02:31PM (#7869733)
Catch 22 there: you have to be able to access mailinator.com in order to generate a throwaway email.
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Re:iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi ... by refurb on Monday June 09, 2014 @02:54PM (#7869834)
Not with mailinator. You just choose a username and it gets sent there. No need to go to mailinator.com first.
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Re:iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi ... by userbinator on Monday June 09, 2014 @10:50PM (#7871644)
Requiring email confirmation assumes the fact that the user can already connect to the Internet to access his/her email to read the message, throwaway account or not, so that wouldn't work too well...
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Re:iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi ... by nnnnni on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @11:32AM (#7873102)
Connect with your phone long enough to confirm?
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Re:iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi ... by smsm42 on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @03:26PM (#7874757)
Possible, but never seen free wifi actually do that.
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