WiFi Mac address randomization is a “privacy feature” recently implemented by our friends at Google, Apple, Microsoft aimed at making our devices more anonymous and therefor harder to track & hack (but not from them?).

What it really does is cause our mobile devices to repeatedly show up in Portal > Devices every few weeks, looking like a new device but using the same old name.

Solution: turn off MAC Randomization – it’s easy and you only have to do it 1 x.

NOTE: You do not HAVE to do this as it will not affect Internet Security in any way.

• You only have to turn it off once on each device.
• You only need to do this on the Kibosh’s WiFi (not all of them).

How to turn off MAC randomization

iPhone/iPad

1. 1. Open the Settings app and tap Wi-Fi.
   2. Tap the information button next to the Kibosh WiFi (or whatever you renamed it too)
   3. Toggle the Private Wi-Fi Address setting to Off.

Android

1. 1. Open the Settings app and go to Network & internet > Internet.
   2. Tap the gear icon next to the Kibosh WiFi (or whatever you renamed it too)
   3. Tap Advanced > Privacy.
   4. Select Use device MAC instead of “Use randomized MAC”. 

Windows

1. 1. Go to Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi.
   2. Select Manage known networks, and choose Kibosh WiFi (or whatever you renamed it too)
   3. Click Properties, and turn off the Use random hardware addresses setting. 

macOS

1. Open System Settings and click Wi-Fi in the sidebar.
2. Find the Kibosh WiFi (or whatever you renamed it too) and click the three dots or Details button next to it.
3. Set the Private Wi-Fi Address option to Off. 

“One only limits self by doubt and fear.”