diff --git a/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md b/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md index 4356b2c2..5385583b 100644 --- a/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md +++ b/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md @@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ $ sudo NetworkManager -V 1.4.2 ~~~ -Add the settings in `/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf`. The following example enables Wifi MAC address randomization both while scanning (not connected) and while connected. +Write the settings to a new file in the `/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/` directory, such as `mac.conf`. The following example enables Wifi MAC address randomization while scanning (not connected), and uses a randomly generated but persistent MAC address for each individual Wifi and Ethernet connection profile. ~~~ -[device-scan] +[device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=yes [connection] wifi.cloned-mac-address=stable +ethernet.cloned-mac-address=stable ~~~ To see the available configuration options, refer to the man page: `man nm-settings`