On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:19:20 -0300 "George N. White III" <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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/ > > Yes, i'm traveling my Linux workstation on wheels to stores. :-) And my notebook too. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
