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Faking iBeacon signals

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iBeacons are really really simple devices. […] Cloning prevention is hard to implement, as there is no connection happening between client and device that would allow the device to uniquely identify each mobile phone, or the other way round.

Clone-a-beacon: iBeacon and the proof of location issue →