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What does enabling "random hardware addresses" in Windows or Android do?
Web: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/z8n00y/what_does_enabling_random_hardware_addresses_in/
Nov. 30, 2022, 9:25 a.m. | /u/DontHaveTheBook
Privacy & Freedom in the Information Age reddit.com
My (Samsung Android) phone also has something similar, which is the option of using a random MAC address.
I also see the phone has a setting that says "WiFi non-persistent MAC randomization".
From what I understand, this is a privacy thing. It stops WiFi networks from recognizing you when you connect to them again?
Does it do anything else? How does it …
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