thecrotch

Fine. Why would it? The device has a unique hardware ID that's even easier/better for identifying the device. MAC addresses are randomized, and there's at least 3 of them in any modern phone. Seems overly complicated and ineffective.

I'm not saying they can't track you. I'm saying the person who told you that they're not doing it by MAC was right, and your reply was not only wrong but painfully self righteous for a guy who doesn't know what he's talking about about.

Also, changing your IP, clearing cookies, and installing a plugin that obfusticates your browser fingerprint ought to be enough. The second two are essentially what you did by blowing out your OS.

Still annoying but an improvement

Sure, and all of that goes out the window on a mobile app that doesn't play by browser rules.

This has nothing to do with browser rules. It's how tcp/ip works.

And 96% of reddit is on mobile

And 100% of phones have a unique hardware ID visable to any app with the "read phone state" permission. Why the hell would anyone use a MAC address to identify you? And which MAC address would they use? The wifi nic? The mobile nic? The Bluetooth MAC?

Idk about iPhones but MAC addresses on android are randomized by default. Maybe learn even the tiniest bit about what you're talking about before you go calling people naive.

That's not naivety it's a basic understanding of how networking works

And fewer people quoting entire Simpsons episodes at each other line by line

Fun fact: there was only 1 woman oompa loompa in the gene wilder version of Willy Wonka, and the actress's name was Pepe Poupee

Oh my bad, I didn't realize they weren't keeping on top of apple's architecture changes

Pretty much anything valve released on the source engine. TF2, half life 2, portal 2, either of the left 4 dead games, all run on Mac and have co-op modes.

I haven't met a Linux user that would consider leaving the factory installed OS instead of immediately blowing it out and installing their own

That's a great idea