Tag: Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

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post

Author
Russ White
Date
November 18, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy, Surveillance

Tagged
Cell phone security, Computer security, Internet protocols, Media Access Control (MAC) addresses}

Can Your Tablet Really Tell People Where You Are?

_{Yes, and it'll talk louder with the next gen protocols. But there's a way to shut it up} _{Russ White

November 18, 2019

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Data Privacy, Surveillance}

If someone can see your traffic as it is transmitted across the “first hop” physical network and your devices are using the manufacturer-assigned MAC address, they can discover the unique address assigned to your device.