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MAC randomization: A massive failure that leaves iPhones, Android mobes open to tracking

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Re: MAC address changes are pointless because

So are you saying the phone actively sends out requests looking for SSIDs it knows about? Like if I had an SSID "DougSSID" at home and went to the mall with my wifi enabled, my phone is going to send out probes looking for "DougSSID", it is possible to make my phone send a list of the SSIDs it knows about? If so, that would rather defeat the point of MAC randomization. On the other hand, presumably that is possible to fix in software by making the phone no longer do that.

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