Post #1967409

2026-04-29 08:30 UTC

I have no idea about Linux but on GrapheneOS the MAC address is randomized with each connection.The phone appears to be a different device each time.

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@bob_lemon@feddit.org 2026-04-29 11:48

I hope there’s a whitelist of SSIDs for this. I wouldn’t want my home router to register a new device each time I come back home

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@kwarg@mander.xyz 2026-04-29 12:03

Is this why my GOS phone does not connect back to my home wifi every time i leave and come back?

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@unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2026-04-29 12:43

This is actually an Android feature. iOS, too. It’ll give a random MAC or device MAC depending on what you want. My MDM at work for Android-based handhelds I’ve configured to device MAC so I can geofence devices and keep track of them. If an employee connects to the employee network (which has to be configured by IT) we set it up with with device only MAC so we can add that device to the allowed list. Apple warns “it enables tracking” but if they ask I tell them in public it might be configured that way but we don’t care nor monitor that closely. If someone shares out the WiFi password by digging through settings, it wouldn’t matter as it’s not allowed. Anyway, just thought I’d share both mainstream OSes do this now for a few years now.

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