On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 at 08:21, Bob Marcan <bob.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:35:52 +0000 > "J.Witvliet--- via users" <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > From: "John Mellor" <john.mel...@gmail.com<mailto:john.mel...@gmail.com > >> > > Date: Monday, 2 August 2021 at 15:04:42 > > To: "users@lists.fedoraproject.org" <users@lists.fedoraproject.org > <mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> > > Subject: Re: scanner no longer detected? > > > > On 2021-08-01 7:08 p.m., Cameron Simpson wrote: > > <snip> > > Then, some mobo manufacturers add the “option” to migrate your MAC… > > And not so long ago, mobile phone producers had a brain-fart, and named > that “privacy-mode”, randomizing MAC-addresses. > > <snip> > And not so long ago, Linux "experts" had a brain-fart, and named that > “privacy-mode”, randomizing MAC-addresses. :-) > Stable MAC addresses are used to track mobile devices. For activists, journalists, spies, counter-spies (for those who remember Mad Magazine), and drug dealers, anti-tracking measures can be useful (or even life-saving). MAC addresses can be used to track consumers in stores that sell customer data to aggregators. Apple wants network vendors deal with aggressive randomization, and has a big enough share of the market to make it stick: < https://www.extremenetworks.com/extreme-networks-blog/wi-fi-mac-randomization-privacy-and-collateral-damage/ > -- George N. White III
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