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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by adestefan on Sunday October 19, 2014 @09:58AM (#8478249)
iOS 8 somewhat mitigates this through using random MAC addresses when scanning
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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by breakall on Sunday October 19, 2014 @11:52AM (#8478561)
> somewhat

Due to the extremely narrow circumstances [1] under which the MAC address randomization is actually used, the feature may as well not exist.

[1] http://blog.airtightnetworks.com/ios8-mac-randomgate/

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