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iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking

Posted by Unknown on Monday June 9, 2014 @06:52PM from the waiting-for-obvious-patents dept.

schwit1 (797399) writes 'It wasn't touted onstage, but a new iOS 8 feature is set to cause havoc for location trackers, and score a major win for privacy.As spotted by Frederic Jacobs, the changes have to do with the MAC address used to identify devices within networks. When iOS 8 devices look for a connection, they randomize the MAC address, effectively disguising any trace of the real device until it decides to connect to a network.'

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Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy by Anonymous Coward · 2014-06-09 19:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

Apple allready knows who you are and what you are doing and where you are and where you have been ...
Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy by sonamchauhan · 2014-06-09 19:44 · Score: 5, Insightful

Correct. The only difference is that they don't like to share...