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> necessarily common to all mobile communication devices I think there are possible technical solutions if there was a will to adopt them. The main problem is
by new299 11y ago
> necessarily common to all mobile communication devices
I think there are possible technical solutions if there was a will to adopt them. The main problem is authenticating with the network, if unauthenticated wireless networks were generally available then it would likely make tracking harder.
I think even if you are paying for network access then there could be technical solutions to the problem. Perhaps authentication tokens which were purchased but not linked to a user.
I guess fundamentally, breaking apart network access authentication and user identification/authentication would be good.
But I agree, I doubt people are motivated enough to seek out a solution.
- pdkl95 11y agoWhile I don't completely rule-out the possibility of finding a technical solution, if such a solution exists it is going to be really hard to find. Re-associating "anonymized" tokens is a lot easier than it looks in many situations, and it doesn't take much data leakage to JOIN tables together. I would love to be wrong on this topic. It would be absolutely incredible if someone can invent a way to make mobile devices still work without leaking any information that can be tracked. I totally agree with separating authentication from authorization; we need to do that anywhere it is possible, not just for mobile devices. Unfortunately, the trend has been in the reverse direction. :/
- new299 11y agoI would have thought the problem in mobile networks might be easier than elsewhere. Where the wireless network is public infrastructure, for example, if devices used randomized MACs then I'd imagine it'd make them much harder to track. You'd still need to authenticate with a VOIP provider. But by breaking out these services I would guess it would make tracking much harder.