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		TheLoneWolfling on June 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adblock Plus gives Facebook users a way to block i... Luckily there's a simple solution to that: randomized MAC addresses. My laptop assigns itself a random MAC address on boot. About the only downside is that some captive portals require me to re-sign-in on boot.

jasomill on June 26, 2014 [–]

Another downside on some (private) networks is that it breaks MAC-based DHCP reservations.

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