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« on: June 10, 2014, 09:00:18 pm »

iOS 8 randomizes MAC address while scanning WiFi, blocks marketers tracking you

One iOS 8 feature Apple hasn’t talked about much is its ability to randomize the device’s MAC address while scanning for WiFi networks. In iOS 8, Wi-Fi scanning behavior has changed to use random,locally administered MAC addresses… The MAC address used for Wi-Fi scans may not always be the devices real (universal) address… Once the […]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=327544&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

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