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0 pointsfarfatched25d ago0 comments

My OS gives me IPv6 privacy addresses out-the-box which rotate every few hours.

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The prefix is your globally unique identifier. "Privacy addresses" provide zero privacy.

“Privacy addresses” are named because in the beginning, your auto-generated IPv6 would incorporate your hardware MAC address verbatim, and many people consider the MAC address to be PII.

throwawaypath23d ago

Hard to believe the committee thought that was a good idea.

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throwawaypath23d ago

The prefix is your globally unique identifier. "Privacy addresses" provide zero privacy.

ButlerianJihad23d ago

“Privacy addresses” are named because in the beginning, your auto-generated IPv6 would incorporate your hardware MAC address verbatim, and many people consider the MAC address to be PII.

throwawaypath23d ago

Hard to believe the committee thought that was a good idea.

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