MAC address

Security

Thousands of Android apps are tracking users through MAC address or Android ID

And they continue tracking users even when asked to stop

clock 15 February 2019 • 2 min read

Security

Our seven must-read IT stories this week: fantasy football foul-up, RBS data lake and Internet of Cillit Bang

Here they are again, our most popular stories from the past seven days

clock 13 November 2015 •

Privacy

MAC addresses: the privacy Achilles' Heel of the Internet of Things

For a device worn or carried by a person the MAC address is effectively a unique ID for that individual; this is a problem now and it will get much worse

clock 09 November 2015 • 3 min read