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If you don't like being tracked then don't practically scream your hardware's identity around. This is what you do when you use 802.11. Trying to legally regula
by drdaeman 13y ago
If you don't like being tracked then don't practically scream your hardware's identity around. This is what you do when you use 802.11. Trying to legally regulate such things is like pronouncing your and peer's name in clear (even if you use cryptic language), in every sentence you say out loud, then telling others no not notice nor remember that.
Want the privacy the sane way? Go make vendors to introduce security features (like short-lived euphemeral MACs), so communicating party names won't be meaningful to others.
- harrytuttle 13y agoHow many people really know and/or understand that though?
- sunglasses 13y agoUnfortunately, nobody is competing on such features. There is simply no (even paid) alternative available.
- drdaeman 13y agoThere's always an option to enforce requirement of such features using the legal system. If laws can and are (ab)used by governments and their TLAs to legally force equipment vendors and service providers to create various surveillance features and misfeatures (backdoors, security strength limitations), it's only reasonable that they must be used to create privacy-enhancing features for the public good, too.