online security
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:
Just to be a bit nit-picky, when you talk about changing your MAC address, you're not really changing it, you're changing how Windows, Linux, IoS, etc. show your MAC address. The actual MAC address of that network card has not changed. If you took it out and put it in another machine, it would show the same as when it was new.
Basically you're just spoofing the MAC address. Substituting another number for your OS to display. I know, just nit-picking, but still... Kind of like someone referring to your SSN number, or the VIN number on your car.
"Since this address is physically printed or "burned in" the card, it cannot be changed."
yes just spoofing what is reported on layer 2
