Reply to post: Re: Isn't the real flaw...

Brilliant Boston boffins blow big borehole in Bluetooth's ballyhooed barricades: MAC addy randomization broken

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Re: Isn't the real flaw...

I've long thought devices should stop sending packets asking for the networks they know--they could instead listen for broadcast SSIDs which get announced anyway. This would at least solve the problem of devices that always respond yes no matter what SSID was requested and the other problem where devices can be fingerprinted based on the SSIDs they ask about. I'm not quite sure why WiFi decided to go the other way.

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