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paniko
paniko

Reputation: 73

Send a text message to android device with MAC address through internet

If I know the mac address wlan0 of an Android device, you can send a text message to this device even if the device is connected to a network other than mine?

Upvotes: 0

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nanofarad
nanofarad

Reputation: 41281

No. MAC addresses are only applicable for a local LAN through switches, and cannot be used for addressing or routing by layer 3 routers or outside a local network. However, on an IPv6 enabled network, you can directly use the MAC address using a link-local address, or you may use a direct TCP connection if there is a program listening on the device, and you know the IP address and port.

Upvotes: 1

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