Can I hide my Mac and IP Address completely?

[Drexson HD]

Can I hide my Mac and IP Address completely?

 

[spotifyplays]

Yes, use a real logless VPN like Proton VPN and a Mac address changer.

 

[Deleted member 657006]

can use any vpn and a mac changer.

 

[splishsplash]

Your MAC doesn't show up over the Internet. Only on the ethernet layer. You can see it if you're sniffing wireless packets, but websites over the internet don't get it. It's stripped by your local gateway router.

A->B->C->D->E

YOu are A, website is E. Packet from A to B, contains A's MAC and B's MAC, then B strips it, puts its own mac as the source, and destination mac of C and so on.

 

[Drexson HD]

Your MAC doesn't show up over the Internet. Only on the ethernet layer. You can see it if you're sniffing wireless packets, but websites over the internet don't get it. It's stripped by your local gateway router.

A->B->C->D->E

YOu are A, website is E. Packet from A to B, contains A's MAC and B's MAC, then B strips it, puts its own mac as the source, and destination mac of C and so on.

thats smart

 

[Gogol]

Yes, use a real logless VPN like Proton VPN and a Mac address changer.

can use any vpn and a mac changer.

That is called changing, and not hiding.

To answer the op, NO you can't. However, you can spoof it like others have said.

 

[darkblackdark]

I recommend Whonix regarding "ip hiding". its based on TOR and can be combined with VPN too (not very recommended though)

 

[AMPServices]

Macchanger can spoof your Mac address but you can't modify it as it is based on your local network. You can hide your IP behind VPN, Tor or Proxy but unless you use someone else internet it will still be there.

 

[Gogol]

Macchanger can spoof your Mac address but you can't modify it as it is based on your local network. You can hide your IP behind VPN, Tor or Proxy but unless you use someone else internet it will still be there.

Afaik mac id is based on the network interface, not the local network. E.g... your ethernet/wifi card. So, you could be on different networks with the same mac, and different mac ids could be there in the same network (i.e. multiple devices/interfaces).

 

[Bob Hensley]

Afaik mac id is based on the network interface, not the local network. E.g... your ethernet/wifi card. So, you could be on different networks with the same mac, and different mac ids could be there in the same network (i.e. multiple devices/interfaces).

Absolutely correct. Your MAC address is never broadcasted from your router to the world. Nor would any other router care about it, if it saw it. It's only relevant at the data link layer.

 

[Rafael Marques]

If you use a *unix OS, you can try proxychains + thor for you ip

 

[patadeperro]

Your MAC doesn't show up over the Internet. Only on the ethernet layer. You can see it if you're sniffing wireless packets, but websites over the internet don't get it. It's stripped by your local gateway router.

A->B->C->D->E

YOu are A, website is E. Packet from A to B, contains A's MAC and B's MAC, then B strips it, puts its own mac as the source, and destination mac of C and so on.

The only possible answer.

 

[NOCSwitch]

yes its possible, use any good vpn provider and it should do that for you

 

[ppcarlson]

Yes, use a real logless VPN like Proton VPN and a Mac address changer.

Nice one and thanks for that

 

[ogsmash]

ProtonVPN is really a game changer. Wish I was hip years ago.