Re: Easiest way to change your MAC address (unrooted)

From	lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Easiest way to change your MAC address (unrooted)
Date	2015-07-05 19:30 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2015-07-05, Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> wrote:
>> The MAC address is not available to machines beyond your router. The
>> only people who can "tag" you based on the MAC address are those
>> controlling any networks you connect to.
>
> Around the time that google streetview collected everyones MAC
> address, it was also discovered that there was a bug in most routers
> that made it possible for those on the WAN to obtain the MAC address
> of the router, which could then be cross-referenced to the streetview
> data to obtain someones precise location.
>
> The exploit probably doesn't extend to other devices on the LAN, but
> for security reasons it's a good idea to frequently change the MAC
> address.
>
>> If you don't want to be tagged, don't connect to unknown networks.
>
> What if he wants service, but doesn't want to be tagged?  Paul has the
> right idea.
>
If it is just the wan side, then this is a case for people using the
isp's gateway modem & not bridging it to their own router even if
it means a double/dual virtual ipaddr interpretation.  "Security"
always mean less performance & more work.

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Re: Easiest way to change your MAC address (unrooted) lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2015-07-05 19:30 +0000

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