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iOS 8 makes it harder for retailers to track your location without iBeacons

Starting with iOS 8, Apple is making it impossible for marketers to track you based on your iPhone’s MAC address. When you walk around a store with your iPhone’s WiFi on, you’re are unknowingly transmitting your MAC address, a unique identifier for<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more › (http://www.cultofmac.com/282902/ios-8s-hidden-mac-address-feature-will-keep-retailers-stalking/)</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/3b52c7ba/sc/15/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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