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Late to the party but: Friendly reminder that IPv6 by default uses your mac address as part of your address and hence you are recognizable to any server in the
by gfiorav 8y ago
Late to the party but:
Friendly reminder that IPv6 by default uses your mac address as part of your address and hence you are recognizable to any server in the world to track you around.
- nerdponx 8y agoI didn't know this. Is there an alternative?
- gfiorav 8y agoFrom another response: https://superuser.com/questions/243669/how-to-avoid-exposing-my-mac-address-when-using-ipv6 https://superuser.com/questions/243669/how-to-avoid-exposing...
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- dddddaviddddd 8y agoThis is no longer the default on Mac and Windows at least: https://superuser.com/questions/243669/how-to-avoid-exposing-my-mac-address-when-using-ipv6 https://superuser.com/questions/243669/how-to-avoid-exposing...
- gfiorav 8y agoNice! Thanks for the link. Been some time since my telco years!
- philg_jr 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#SLAAC_privacy_extensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#SLAAC_privacy_extensions
- Symbiote 8y agoExtremely late – this hasn't been the case since Mac OS 10.7 (2010) and Windows XP SP2 (2004).