Another opportunity to collect marketing data(at the least).

nkozyra · on Nov 18, 2014

For some people this is a fair tradeoff for "free" wifi.

spacefight · on Nov 18, 2014

No, for most people it's that they don't even realize what the tradeoff is. It just "free", give it to me!!!11

unicornporn · on Nov 18, 2014

Probably. Getting a VPN provider could be a solution for the few who knows about such solutions. If all ports but 80 and 443 isn't blocked that is.

icebraining · on Nov 18, 2014

Some VPN providers offer their services on port 443. Don't ask me why I know :)

ynniv · on Nov 18, 2014

A VPN provider won't protect your MAC address from being physically tracked.

eigenvector · on Nov 18, 2014

But a rooted device does.

ShaneOG · on Nov 18, 2014

IIRC iOS 8 performs MAC address randomization for just this reason.

tekromancr · on Nov 18, 2014

No, unfortunately the MAC randomization seems to be pretty ineffective. IIRC, it only happens when the phone is sleeping, and has been for several minutes. http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/26/more-details-on-how-ios-8s-mac...

macleanjr · on Nov 18, 2014

This is only when searching for WiFi... once you connect the access point will know your true MAC address.