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At least with iPhones if they are not joining the networks but just scanning the MAC addresses are random.


Confirmed, however there are/were flaws in MAC randomization, see A Study of MAC Address Randomization in Mobile Devices and When it Fails https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.02874v1. Has it been addressed somehow recently?


Use a directional antenna and aim it at various houses looking for an uptick random MAC addresses.


Why not just ye old triangulation?




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