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On android when you go to the wifi settings you’re currently connected to there should be a setting for randomizing mac address per connection or per network. If you change it to per connection, once you disconnect and reconnect your mac address should change. On per network, it will randomly generate the mac address for the first connection and keep that address for that wifi forever.

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WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Excellent explanation, thank you. Never knew what that difference was.

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kspatlas@artemis.camp ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think per connection is a GrapheneOS thing unless I'm wrong

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- SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  On stock (Pixel) Android, if you enable Developer Options, there is a setting under Networking called “Wi-Fi non-persistent MAC randomization” that randomizes the MAC per connection for networks that have randomization enabled.
  
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- Meruten@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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  Samsung’s OneUI does this by default for all connections .
  
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- steersman2484@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Graphene just changed it to be enabled by default
  
  But maybe they hat this feature earlier than AOSP
  
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- pain_is_life_is_pain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah, on Android 12 I can only choose between “randomized MAC” and “phone MAC”. Doesn’t specify if it’s randomized per network or connection, but I’d guess it’s per network.
  
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  - SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    By default it’s per network, but if you enable Developer Options, there is a setting under Networking called “Wi-Fi non-persistent MAC randomization” that randomizes the MAC per connection for networks that have randomization enabled. I am on Android 13 though, so I’m not sure if 12 has this option.
    
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    pain_is_life_is_pain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Hey, cool! It’s here on Android 12 also! I take it as the network has to support randomization though, so it won’t work in all networks?
    
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