[AusNOG] Metadata retention... it's now (almost) a thing

[Matt Palmer]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 01:07:04PM +1100, Peter Tonoli wrote:
> Or operating systems even ..
> <http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/09/mac-address-randomization-joins-apples-heap-of-ios-8-privacy-improvements>

MAC address randomisation doesn't do anything when you associate with an AP,
merely when you're broadcasting "hey, is anyone out there?" messages (as per
the big black box towards the top of the article you linked to).

- Matt


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