▲ | kazinator a day ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This has been an option in Android network settings forever: randomize your MAC. I think it's enabled by default now? It's a basic privacy feature; you can be fingerprinted by your device's MAC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | jck a day ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yep. Android does this by default, but each ssid gets a randomized MAC which persists. It is still straightforward to trigger a MAC change manually tho. It is useful for privacy but imo useless for the public wifi limits use case since they almost always require an OTP via SMS to log in. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | NoahZuniga a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
No, this setting randomizes your MAC address between networks, but you keep the same MAC for a specific network. So if you want the network to think you're a new user, you'll need to change this specific network MAC address, and this isn't a setting enabled by default (and oftentimes is not even a setting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | netsharc a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's also in the Apple devices, you just have to "forget network" and reconnect for the device to tell the network of its new fake MAC address. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | alt227 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
How does that work with MAC address conflicts and clashes? I naively thought every MAC address had to be unique. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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