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...When you turn on the Wi-Fi of your MacBook, it sends out a unique identifier - its MAC address (this has nothing to do with Apple’s “Mac”). Everyone nearby may freely collect this unique identifier and use it to track your movement. Did you know that your phone does not send out its Wi-Fi identifier, but rather a random, fake one? This is to protect you from the common practice of businesses to track your movements when you walk around in stores. With LinkLiar you can achieve the same privacy for your MacBook. Though the MAC address is hardwired into your Wi-Fi network card, you are free to modify it.

...The apps implement a basic interface for starting all the operations from the iPhone and the Apple Watch, but the state of the various beacon operation can only be seen in the phone. (The watch app acts as a simple* remote). The source is easy to understand and modify. The structure of the app is based on a simple hierarchy of operation classes. There are three NATOperation subclasses, each responsible of a specific operation. NATMonitoringOperation, NATAdvertisingOperation, and NATRangingOperation. The app is easy to use with any given proximity UUID and identifier, which can be changed in NATOperation.