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NSA MAC address prefix is 00:20:91, you can combine this knowledge with the one from the article to scare your sysadmins.
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Can you show me where changing your MAC address is illegal?
It's not illegal, it can be detected and then used against you in an indictment. It's like saying you dislike someone, they go missing, and the prosecutor mentions what you said.
Your router MAC address is tracked by Google Location services. They do this with their wardriving vehicles and from Android phones.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/ios8-to-stymie-track...
Here is the code I use for my mac to randomize my mac address: interface="en0" new_mac=$(openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/:$//; s/./0/2') # from stackoverflow sudo ifconfig $interface ether $new_mac Edit: What's the advantage of the solution in the post? If I just change my mac address every time I join a network (even the same one), they can't track me with my randomized mac addresses. So why would I pre…
Where would MAC address capture occur on the network? MACs are local to L2 traffic, so once a frame turns into a packet and is routed, the sMAC of your PC is no longer present in the data. If you're on your home network, this has no impact what so ever.
"If you're on your home network, this has no impact what so ever." Yes, I'm fairly happy with my own tracking policies :D
https://github.com/juga0/dhcpcanon
You can contribute to the development of this project by helping to integrate it with your favorite WiFi manager.