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[-] gullible@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Your phone simply being in the store with Wi-Fi enabled makes you personally identifiable. A request for your email when they have your location, shopping habits, taste in electronics, estimated address, browsing habits, and your full appearance isn't shocking. That no one has pointed this out yet is a bit eye opening.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Mac address randomization has been enabled by default since Android 10. I would assume iPhone does something similar.

[-] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :)

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Per-network, though, not per-connection.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately.

[-] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That was an interesting read. Didn't know stores were doing that.

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