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How about regularly changing one's wireless MAC? I'd be surprised if this is extremely difficult, even on an iPhone.
by sk5t 15y ago
How about regularly changing one's wireless MAC? I'd be surprised if this is extremely difficult, even on an iPhone.
- a3_nm 15y agoIt might not be that easy. A lot of WiFi drivers in the kernel today don't support MAC address change.
- technomancy 15y agoPretty easy to do on Android if you have root. Would be cool to have an app that could regenerate a new random one periodically. Changing your IMEI on the other hand is more difficult, though reading that is more difficult to do.
- cpeterso 15y agoI believe some Android phones (at least, the Galaxy Nexus and Droid X) randomly select a new MAC address on reboot. Whether this is a bug or a feature depends on your point of view: * Android Issue 23330: Galaxy Nexus (VZW/LTE) wifi MAC address changes with every reboot https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23330 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23330 * Droid X WiFi MAC address changes when I power WiFi on and off. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1332-wifi-mac-address-changes-when-i-power-wifi-on-and-off/ http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1332-wifi-mac-address-changes-whe...
- idonthack 15y agofor linux machines, there's a utility called macchanger that's probably available in your distro's repository. it even comes with a handy database of valid vendor prefixes so you can generate semi-random MACs that seem real.
- peterhajas 15y agoUntil the router owner uses signal strength for triangulation - then they know when you've changed. Of course, you could lie to this system and have signal strength varying wireless cards.