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Netgear warns users that iOS 14's MAC address randomization could cause 'Unknown Devices' to appear
- Netgear has emailed users of its Circle feature that they could see "Unknown Devices" appear on their network.
- The cause is said to be Apple's iOS 14 MAC address randomization.
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Something I would post about in the Circle forum.
alokeprasad wrote:- Netgear has emailed users of its Circle feature that they could see "Unknown Devices" appear on their network.
- The cause is said to be Apple's iOS 14 MAC address randomization.
This is correct. In addition to iOS, the newer Android software has a default for "private MAC address". Drove me CRAZY until I figured out how to set my phone to "Use the fricking hardware MAC address, thank you."
