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		SpaghettiCthulu 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) Last I heard, the default on Android was to randomize MAC address across networks but keep them static for each network.

homebrewer 4 months ago [–]

It's actually well documented. What you're describing is the default (mostly), but it's more complicated than that.

Proper randomization can be enabled through the developer settings.

https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/wifi-mac-random...

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