Ios 8 Randomises the Mac Address

Redditor iOSecure: 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 iOS device is done scanning it will give the real MAC ID. Very cool feature to make it harder to “track”…

Redditor iOSecure:

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 iOS device is done scanning it will give the real MAC ID.

Very cool feature to make it harder to “track” iOS users.

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