I tried the windows 11 mac address mask feature on my laptop, and it *does* seem to randomize the MAC when connecting to new networks. But here’s the thing—it doesn’t change it for networks you’ve already connected to.
So if you’re hopping on public WiFi a lot, it might help with privacy. But for home or work networks, it’s kinda pointless unless you forget the network and reconnect.
Also, yeah, some whitelisted networks might freak out if the MAC keeps changing. Had to disable it at my office cuz IT got annoyed lol.
So if you’re hopping on public WiFi a lot, it might help with privacy. But for home or work networks, it’s kinda pointless unless you forget the network and reconnect.
Also, yeah, some whitelisted networks might freak out if the MAC keeps changing. Had to disable it at my office cuz IT got annoyed lol.