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@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ Consider the following:
- Most if not all macOS computers around you will use their real MAC address with Apple's OUI (the first 3 octets of your MAC address)
- You cannot hide that you are using a mac (because of your hostname, connections to Apple's servers, etc)
Randomizing the mac address only makes sense if you use a not-very-unique hostname (like Macbook-Pro),
Randomizing the mac address only makes sense if you use a not-very-unique hostname (like Macbook-Pro), and that you only randomize the last 3 octets of your MAC address so that you actually look like a new Macbook on the network.
### Improper instructions
Unfortunately, most of the guides I could find recommends randomizing the entire MAC address instead of the final 3 octets. Take guides recommending `mac-changer` for example,