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by gloshuertos 5710 days ago
On many machines, MAC addresses can be changed. I obviously wasn't attempting to avoid detection since I posted about it under my real name, but anyone could pick up a $200 netbook, pay cash, walk into a Starbucks with sunglasses on, do their business and leave undetected. MAC addresses are useless if they don't tie to anything else and aren't fixed.
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Not just on many machines. You can change your MAC address on any manchine using GNU macchanger http://www.alobbs.com/macchanger/