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Created January 9, 2019 21:32
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Change your MAC address to a random value
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change_mac_address.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
a=$(ifconfig en0 | grep ether | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*ether//')
echo "Current MAC address:$a"
r=$(openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//')
echo "New MAC address: $r"
echo $r | xargs sudo ifconfig en0 ether
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