Work

Poster: Can You Find Me?: Linking Devices Despite Wi-Fi MAC Randomization at MobiCom 2023

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We present results for exposing vulnerabilities in MAC address randomization using Wi-Fi network discovery traffic collected at MobiCom 2023. By analyzing probe request sequence numbers and vendor-specific information elements, we successfully link randomized MAC addresses, reducing the observed MAC addresses to linked groups by over 45%. This demonstrates current MAC randomization protocols inadequately protect device privacy during network discovery.

Source: Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing And Networking

DOI: 10.1145/3636534.3697454

Authors: Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, Robin Kravets

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4405014186

FWCI: 0.317

Cites: 2

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10