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Your understanding is correct, but most of those were based on iBeacons/NFC/other tech and not Wi-Fi.


There were some things around WiFi, but on a higher level, e.g. recognizing unique radio mac addresses that were sending probes for their home SSIDs. Big reason most devices will now randomize their MAC address until actually authenticated with a network.




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