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> IPv6 will rid us from the abomination of domestic NAT. But won't that also have disadvantages? NAT obscures which natural person is responsible for any given
by boredhedgehog 3y ago
> IPv6 will rid us from the abomination of domestic NAT.
But won't that also have disadvantages? NAT obscures which natural person is responsible for any given household traffic, which makes user tracking and surveillance harder.
- eqvinox 3y ago> obscures which natural person is responsible for any given household traffic IPv6 has roughly the same level of privacy; your client device's IPv6 address changes every few hours. Yes there's a minor loss since an association can be made during those hours, but arguably with the generally low number of people sharing a household internet connection I don't think it's a huge difference.
- sylware 3y agoIf mobile internet carriers get a specific IPv6 address slice and do what they already do with phone numbers, you could have a mobile non-changing IPv6 routed roughly efficiently, that globally. Actually, this should be a base service of mobile internet. The various carrier peerings will define how "efficiently" your traffic is routed (realtime audio/video...). The blocker is the billing scheme I guess (as usual...).
- Analemma_ 3y agoYou're kidding yourself if you think NAT was obstructing data collecting and targeting in any way. Browser fingerprinting makes it a complete non-issue.