Your Devices Broadcast Unique Numbers, and They’re Being Used to Track You

@ 2014/09/29
Your smartphone — and other devices that use Wi-Fi — broadcast a unique number when they search for nearby Wi-Fi networks. A device’s unique MAC address is sent along with “probe requests” that search for nearby Wi-Fi networks.

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