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Given that Apple rendered MAC addresses useless for tracking users in iOS 8, and make developers swear up and down that they're only going to use IDFA for advertising, I think they're a bad example to start with.


Except that they broke the feature so it doesn't really hide your Mac address for most users.


"Given that Apple rendered MAC addresses useless for tracking users in iOS 8"

How does that work?


The idea was to randomize the mac sent out when scanning for wifi networks. The feature appears to be crippled, though.


Oh, so to stop location tracking, not identification by app developers? I interpreted the GP as meaning that apps somehow couldn't use the mac for id purposes. Thanks.


Both are correct (unrelated). MAC address is randomized when scanning for wifi networks, and if you ask iOS for the device MAC address, the SDK will return a fake MAC.


It was broken just enough that to get indoor location fixes you need to use iBeacon.


The article was written on August 29, 2013 but iOS 8 was only released in 2014.


A good reason for the OP to append (2013) to the title


I'm surprised it hasn't been made automatic.


I honestly don't get why you're being downvoted. Healthy criticism is good for any community.




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