2023-10-29
Despite promises that this never-changing address would be hidden and replaced with a private one that was unique to each SSID, Apple devices have continued to display the real one, which in turn got broadcast to every other connected device on the network https://arstechnica.com/...
Ars Technica
Apple fixed an old bug exposing a device's real MAC address to nearby wireless routers even when Private Wi-Fi Address is enabled, including in Lockdown Mode
@dangoodin — https://arstechnica.com/... X: @mysk_co : The bug addressed in iOS 17.1 is about hiding the device's MAC address from joined networks, a privacy feature introduced i...
2023-10-28
Despite promises that this never-changing address would be hidden and replaced with a private one that was unique to each SSID, Apple devices have continued to display the real one, which in turn got broadcast to every other connected device on the network https://arstechnica.com/...
Ars Technica
Apple fixed an old iOS bug that let nearby wireless routers gather real MAC addresses even when Private Wi-Fi Address is enabled, including in Lockdown Mode
“From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14. — Three years ago, Apple introduced …