XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: marian@dumbshits.com   
      
   On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:40:35 -0000 (UTC), Marian wrote:   
      
   > For security, most modern devices can set a random MAC address per SSID,   
   > and almost all Android phones can optionally set that random MAC address to   
   > be per connection. On iOS 14 and above, you can only set the random MAC   
   > address per SSID, but not per connection (so yet again, security and   
   > privacy on iOS is always less than that on Android).   
      
   Thinko...   
      
   For "privacy" (not security) you want to set a random MAC per SSID.   
      
   MAC randomization is primarily a privacy feature, not a security feature.   
      
   Implications?   
   1. Android is more private (as usual) than iOS because you have the   
      option of setting MAC randomizaton per SSID & per connection.   
   2. iOS is less private (as usual) than Android as you can only set   
      MAC randomization per SSID.   
   3. For Windows 10, it's like iOS in that it's only per SSID.   
      Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Manage known networks   
      [Network] > Random hardware addresses.   
   4. For Windows 11, it's more like Android in that it can be per diem.   
   5. Also Windows can set randomization for all access points en masse.   
      
   In all cases, the MAC randomization feature is about privacy (reducing   
   tracking), not security (preventing attacks).   
      
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