Re: F40 Change Proposal: Wifi MAC Randomization (System Wide)

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Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Christopher Klooz writes:
> 
>> Btw, does anyone know if this (in the practically-same manner) is really
>> already introduced in Windows, Mac, Android by default? Globally? This
> 
> Most recent Android phones, and iPhones do this by default.
> 
> What they do is pin each randomized MAC address per AP. They're not
> randomizing MACs for each connect, but basically generate a randomized MAC
> for each AP known to the phone.

What is this actually good for? Any AP you connect to can still track you 
this way, and anything further uplink should not get your MAC address to 
begin with anyway (only your IP address).

        Kevin Kofler
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