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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by Chris Hoffman via How-To Geek
Your Devices Broadcast Unique Numbers, and They’re Being Used to Track You
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