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You don't have to be up to things nefarious to be concerned about privacy online. Merely attempting to do your banking via an open wifi hotspot or send/receive personal email on your phone or laptop a...
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fj12ryder wrote:CFerguson wrote:That doesn't show how to change your MAC address, it shows how to change how Windows displays it. The MAC address of your network card is still the same. As was mentioned, you can't change it, you can only change how Windows displays it.
Oh OK, here's some help for those that need it:
https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-change-mac-address/
And theres plenty of other sites out there if you don't like that one.
In fact that page states: "All MAC addresses are hard-coded into a network card and can never be changed."
folks before you all go down this path, for IPV4 which is what most people use at this point still. your MAC is not on the internet, all traffic is seen as coming from your router mac, not your computer
and yes you can change your mac, there is software available, but its pointless, and does nothing in regards being tracked. your ISP tracks every public IP, all your doing is wasting your time.
Websites can't even see IPv4 mac's. Get the tinfoil out
