jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThis AI Tool Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Lookwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down17
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkThis AI Tool Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Lookwww.wired.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareTerrasque@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoMost phones these days use randomized MACs https://www.guidingtech.com/what-is-mac-randomization-and-how-to-use-it-on-your-devices/ Not sure if that is for BT too, but looks like there is some support for it in the standards https://novelbits.io/how-to-protect-the-privacy-of-your-bluetooth-low-energy-device/ https://novelbits.io/bluetooth-address-privacy-ble/ The recommendation per the Bluetooth specification is to have it change every 15 minutes (this is evident in all iOS devices). So seems like it is implemented on some phones at least https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/bluetooth-technology-protecting-your-privacy/ From 2015. So this seems to be a solved problem for a decade now
Most phones these days use randomized MACs
https://www.guidingtech.com/what-is-mac-randomization-and-how-to-use-it-on-your-devices/
Not sure if that is for BT too, but looks like there is some support for it in the standards
https://novelbits.io/how-to-protect-the-privacy-of-your-bluetooth-low-energy-device/
https://novelbits.io/bluetooth-address-privacy-ble/
So seems like it is implemented on some phones at least
https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/bluetooth-technology-protecting-your-privacy/
From 2015. So this seems to be a solved problem for a decade now