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Remember, you're likely not as anonymous as you think you are online.
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<blockquote data-quote="poopgiggle" data-source="post: 2030917" data-attributes="member: 6406"><p>Unless the network admin actually keeps track of which MAC address goes to which to user then all anyone knows is who made your network adapter, and if the admin knows enough to keep track of that he can probably just walk by your office to see if you're using your computer or not. There are reasons to alter MAC addresses but anonymity isn't really one of them.</p><p></p><p>Your MAC address <em>is</em> your physical address. The number of possible network addresses all depends on how your network is set up, but home routers default to something like 192.168.1.0/24 which would be 254 possible addresses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poopgiggle, post: 2030917, member: 6406"] Unless the network admin actually keeps track of which MAC address goes to which to user then all anyone knows is who made your network adapter, and if the admin knows enough to keep track of that he can probably just walk by your office to see if you're using your computer or not. There are reasons to alter MAC addresses but anonymity isn't really one of them. Your MAC address [i]is[/i] your physical address. The number of possible network addresses all depends on how your network is set up, but home routers default to something like 192.168.1.0/24 which would be 254 possible addresses. [/QUOTE]
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