-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 06:33:38PM -0400, bw wrote:
> I'm not sure what it means either. The way I understand so far, the > idea is very good: use random MAC to allow obscurity in certain > wireless (and ?wired) functions [...] It is mainly a privacy-enhancing measure, especially for mobile devices. A fixed MAC address eases tracking across WiFi access points (even when your device doesn't connect to them). It goes back to an IEEE recommendation from 2015. See [1] for more. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Spying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlmZfuYACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaOuQCeNWBNYvXF+f8+xrEKAbDH3fQ+ epgAniTDb6F2Rgbz7xJ2uthrT0b0GnR6 =agCa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
