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IPv6 opens up the possibility of comprehensive government surveillance, govs now can attribute every device fixed set of IPs, which link to your ID.
by AFascistWorld 7y ago
IPv6 opens up the possibility of comprehensive government surveillance, govs now can attribute every device fixed set of IPs, which link to your ID.
- astrange 7y agohttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941
- Dagger2 7y agoThat's not how v6 works. v6 addresses aren't linked to devices or IDs; typically your devices will generate themselves a random address, and generate a new one every day or so. On the other hand, the extreme shortage of v4 addresses combined with pervasive use of NAT basically requires services to become more centralized, which makes surveillance easier. It's true there are other incentives for companies to centralize things, but surely removing the requirement to do so will make the situation better, rather than worse?