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   Message 18,787 of 20,339   
   Alice J. to Jeff Liebermann   
   Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI   
   31 Jan 16 05:32:49   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Jeff Liebermann wrote in message   
   rr1rabpeam8gf0e656aq02je5mb36jkpt1@4ax.com:   
      
   > Like I previously mumbled, the typical home router only allows you to   
   > change the WAN (internet) MAC address to allow the ISP to use the MAC   
   > address for authentication.  You normally cannot change the LAN side   
   > MAC addresses, which includes the Wi-Fi port (which is on the LAN   
   > side).   
      
   My mistake.   
   I later realized my folly.   
   It was wishful thinking, on my part, that we could change the MAC address   
   that Google gets from our phones (not mine) and those of our neighbors.   
      
   I just wish my neighbors didn't throw me under the bus.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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