----- Original Message ----- > From: Nick M. Daly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 12:04 AM > Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] Thoughts on MAC Addresses > > Just something kicking around my head when I should be sleeping :) > > *If* preventing people from being identified by MAC addresses should be > a goal, how do we accomplish that? The MAC address can, but shouldn't > be set in the firmware, we can't change it or set it, from the running > system, there. That's good, because it means the bootloader can't be > changed on a running system. > > So, where can we set the MAC address? The obvious solution is to put it > into /etc/networking/interfaces, but that'll harm folks who want some > form of anonymity. We can use 0:0:0:0:0:0 as a default MAC address in > /etc/networking/interfaces and folks who want to set a static one can > edit the file to set it there, while folks who want to use a MAC changer > can run a service hooked through Plinth. > > Is this crazy? If not, anybody want to write a Plinth interface to > macchanger? Anybody want to write an Augeas interface to Plinth that > can write to /etc/networking/interfaces ?
The use case I can think of involves mobility: 1) Don't want Starbucks to associate my browsing session on their wifi on Tuesday with my browsing session with them on Wednesday. But for a FBX that stays put at a residence I'm not sure I see the urgency-- unless there's a virus or spyware trying to snoop for that info in which case there are more pressing problems. -Jonathan > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
