Both Android and iOS don’t allow applications to get the MAC address using their published API. Here, we will see if we can avoid this restriction and get the address using a feature of IPv6.

What is a MAC Address

A MAC address, or physical address, is a 48-bit number that uniquely identifies a device in a network segment. This number is assigned to the device by the manufacturer and usually doesn’t change (but it can be spoofed). Almost every common networking device has a MAC address. As a rule of thumb, if your device connects to a network using Ethernet or WiFi, it has a MAC address.

“A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts”

Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft

We live in the era of machine learning. Scientists and researchers from around the world are using it to improve our lives in ways we never imagined and advertisers to reach the most relevant people to sell their products. It’s not a recent idea but it scaled so much lately due to great breakthroughs in computer hardware. There are many techniques in machine learning field and most of them are based in simple ideas. As an example, the topic we will discuss today is genetic algorithms and how we can create a basic demonstation program that takes advantage of it.