diff --git a/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md b/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md index 4f03fe6..f8abb70 100644 --- a/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md +++ b/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Save the change and reconnect the connection (click on Network Manager tray icon ## Randomize all Ethernet and Wi-Fi connections -These steps should be done inside a template to be used to create a NetVM as it relies on creating a config file that would otherwise be deleted after a reboot due to the nature of AppVMs. +These steps should be done inside the template of the NetVM to change as it relies on creating a config file that would otherwise be deleted after a reboot due to the nature of AppVMs. Write the settings to a new file in the `/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/` directory, such as `50-macrandomize.conf`. The following example enables Wi-Fi and Ethernet MAC address randomization while scanning (not connected), and uses a randomly generated but persistent MAC address for each individual Wi-Fi and Ethernet connection profile. @@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ Also make sure that you have `addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy` in the `[ipv6]` sect To see all the available configuration options, refer to the man page: `man nm-settings` -Next, create a new NetVM using the edited template and assign network devices to it. - -Finally, shutdown all VMs and change the settings of sys-firewall, etc. to use the new NetVM. - You can check the MAC address currently in use by looking at the status pages of your router device(s), or inside the NetVM with the command `sudo ip link show`. ## Anonymize your hostname