Change phone mac address iphone

Before heading into the ‘How’ part of the article, let us see a brief intro about ‘What’ we are dealing with here. Here’s a step by step guide on how to spoof or change MAC or Media Access Control address on Android devices.

Two different methods to change Mac address without root and rooted phones.

What is MAC Address or WiFi MAC Address?

A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a 12-character unique identifier assigned to a specific piece of hardware such as the network adapter of your WiFi device.

In simple words, a MAC address can be used to uniquely identify your Android phone on the Internet or the local network.

Why would you want to change it?

• The most important reason would be privacy.
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  Anyone in your local Ethernet network can easily see your MAC address with simple tools. This gives a hacker to potentially keep track of your devices (and thus, you). This is a threat when you are on a public wireless network (hotels, airports and even some coffee shops provide free wifi these days).

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