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The MAC addresses for the wireless interfaces are likely trackable to an individual purchase.
by ansible 12y ago
The MAC addresses for the wireless interfaces are likely trackable to an individual purchase.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoOften they can be wiped as well.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWhat? ifconfig or My Network Places in Windows. Adapter cards had to have their mac address programmed once; it can be done again. Its firmware.
- ansible 12y agoIn some cases yes, but that requires additional expertise.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoNot much. The OS has a utility to do it.
- e12e 12y agoPerhaps. But a wlan card taken from a discarded/stolen/recyled/used corporate machine, then transported half-around the globe and sold for cash, isn't necessarily easy to trace back to a perpetrator.