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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>How to circumvent iOS&amp;#39; limitation of not giving access to a discovered device&amp;#39;s MAC</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/120660/how-to-circumvent-ios-limitation-of-not-giving-access-to-a-discovered-device-s-mac</link><description>Hi All, 
 For our project we need to keep data about devices in sort of a backend service so they can be shared by several mobile phones, including some iOS devices. 
 iOS makes very difficult to gain access to device MAC addresses using the standard</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:48:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/120660/how-to-circumvent-ios-limitation-of-not-giving-access-to-a-discovered-device-s-mac" /><item><title>RE: How to circumvent iOS' limitation of not giving access to a discovered device's MAC</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/531600?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:48:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:4dab2bf3-178d-4adb-b921-fd7cc10ce904</guid><dc:creator>Emil Lenngren</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;How do you mean?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m pretty sure you can customise either the device name, manufacturer specific data or service data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to circumvent iOS' limitation of not giving access to a discovered device's MAC</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/531599?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:44:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a8b59a16-6009-4ba2-8427-87da725ca431</guid><dc:creator>V.Lorz</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Could you be more specific? AFAIK iOS APIs barrel access to custom advertisement data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to circumvent iOS' limitation of not giving access to a discovered device's MAC</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/531598?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:22:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:2936cf59-0913-49c3-8c6e-2c70524addf5</guid><dc:creator>Emil Lenngren</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can put your own identifier in the advertisement data or scan response data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>