Your Mac is about to get a killer safety function

Everyone seems to be speaking concerning the potential safety issues with Apple’s latest AI push, however Apple has additionally introduced a brand new safety function in macOS Sequoia that sounds extremely helpful. The function is known as “Rotate Wi-Fi Deal with,” which will increase person privateness by randomly modifying your Apple machine’s MAC addresses when related to a community.

Along with being obtainable in Sequoia, the function can also be coming to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

Apple states that this new function will supply customers elevated safety from monitoring since it could occur when your tackle at all times seems the identical to different close by gadgets and customers who’re on the identical community. Apple asserts this can even assist make it tougher for entities to create an in depth profile based mostly on the person’s Wi-Fi utilization. The brand new function will exchange the present “Non-public Wi-Fi” choices, which additionally assigned a particular MAC tackle however didn’t rotate it. As beforehand talked about, the discharge is ready for the autumn, however we’ll preserve you posted if the launch date adjustments.

The Rotate Wi-Fi Deal with function differs from the Restrict IP Deal with Monitoring choice (which you’ll be able to activate for Safari and Mail). The Rotate Wi-Fi Deal with function adjustments the MAC addresses, whereas Restrict IP Deal with Monitoring disguises IP addresses. Apple’s Non-public Wi-Fi Deal with function shouldn’t be confused with a VPN’s objective as a result of whereas the Apple function masks your machine’s MAC tackle, the VPN masks your IP tackle and encrypts your web visitors.

Time will inform if the brand new privateness function will trigger any points when attempting to attach or keep related to a community. Any function that helps preserve your MAC tackle protected is at all times welcome, particularly with older routers and particular community configurations. Within the meantime, the extra safety measures you’ll be able to take, the higher.

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