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		mgberlin on May 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A crashed advertisement reveals logs of a facial r... Only if your phone is locked and it is looking for all open wifi networks. If you unlock it or it is connected to a particular wifi network this is not true.

haddr on May 11, 2017 [–]

No necessarily. If you are connected to some wifi and sending/receiving data, your MAC is still visible in the air.

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