[SOLVED] MAC ID Security and Privacy?

[Airplanet]

Please tell me can anyone see what we are watching or doing or access on our device(Computer, Mobile and laptop etc) using the MAC ID of our devices(Computer, Mobile and laptop etc)?

Inshort is the MAC ID sensitive thing if any stranger get this MAC ID of our device then what he can do?

Should i hide my devices MAC ID from everyone?

 

[bill001g]

You can change the mac address on many devices if you want. A device can also have multiple mac addresses it for example will have a different one for the ethernet port and the wifi port. Although many people think mac addresses are unique they are not. You quickly find this out when you are a large company and buy many thousands of laptops at a time. Although companies like HP or Dell have large pools of mac addresses they use they will reuse them eventually.

In addition to all that mac addresses never leave your house.

Now some program can get the mac address of your machine but it can also get the serial numbers off the video card or the cpu also.

Its not like they need mac addresses to track you that is what they use cookies for.

 

[Airplanet]

You can change the mac address on many devices if you want. A device can also have multiple mac addresses it for example will have a different one for the ethernet port and the wifi port. Although many people think mac addresses are unique they are not. You quickly find this out when you are a large company and buy many thousands of laptops at a time. Although companies like HP or Dell have large pools of mac addresses they use they will reuse them eventually.

In addition to all that mac addresses never leave your house.

Now some program can get the mac address of your machine but it can also get the serial numbers off the video card or the cpu also.

Its not like they need mac addresses to track you that is what they use cookies for.

Please reply me in simple words MAC ID is sensitive thing who provide these accesses which i ask above and why some youtubers hide MAC ID in videos?

 

[bill001g]

Why would you believe someone that just told you yes or no with no explanation. Then the short answer is no they are not a risk.

You have to remember most youtubers are entertainers with little to no background in the topics they cover. Most are not qualified to give a opinion on technical matters. Anyone with a phone can make youtube videos or pretend they are journalists in any topic they want and nobody bothers to check if they are actually qualified.

People with actual technical skills are making money using those skills rather than making silly videos.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

.......Should i hide my devices MAC ID from everyone?

You wanted a simple answer? NO

Doesn't get any simpler than that.