Re: scanner no longer detected?

["George N. White III" <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 at 08:21, Bob Marcan <bob.marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:35:52 +0000
"J.Witvliet--- via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "John Mellor" <john.mellor@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:john.mellor@xxxxxxxxx>>
> Date: Monday, 2 August 2021 at 15:04:42
> To: "users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> 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/>

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George N. White III

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