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On Friday 03 January 2003 01:45, Kevin Anderson wrote:
> Potentially it could have some privacy
> implications, because they obviously uniquely identify a PC, but this isn't
> really much of a concern, MACs aren't passed across routers. Once a packet
> leaves a given network, it uses an IP address until it reaches it's
> destination.
tracking the MAC address in a MS Word document helped authorities catch the
melissa virus writer. this is just one example of how MAC addresses can be
inadvertantly leaked globally from the MS Windows platform.
so no, there aren't any privacy concerns unless you use software that does
silly things like use your MAC to generate unique numbers for documents. =)
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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