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I've speculated on this long enough and want to put speculation to rest and get a definitive answer on this if possible.
We know that regular android phones that run google components gather wifi data constantly and send it. This includes SSID information of all nearby routers and (I guess) their MAC addresses.
What I want to know is, can they also pick up the wifi signature (MAC, or maybe other identifiers) of other devices (phones) that are nearby as well? What can they pick up?
I want to know for example if my phone has its wifi on and is talking to my home router, do the "normie phones" nearby pickup information about my phone too and report it?
Also I'm curious, when I have my wifi on with GOS, but I'm not connected to any wifi, is my phone broadcasting any information without being connected to a wifi? Given the fact that GOS has mac randomization per network (or per connection) brings the question, what is it broadcasting when its not connected to any wifi? Can it be detected at all? If yes what can other devices see about it? Can it be requested to respond? What does it respond with?
Thanks in advance.