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Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBoxPicking a MAC address for a FreedomBoxPosted Dec 6, 2012 15:43 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)Parent article: Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox
I think they should do the same thing that other systems do in this same position (like VMware) which is to register themselves as a vendor and have the device generate a random device address periodically. You'd be able to tell that the device _was_ a FreedomBox but you wouldn't be able to track _which_ one it was. If that is sufficient obfuscation; problem solved.
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Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox Posted Dec 6, 2012 20:43 UTC (Thu) by Fats (subscriber, #14882) [Link] You'd be able to tell that the device _was_ a FreedomBox but you wouldn't be able to track _which_ one it was.I think the FreedomBox people want to avoid exactly that. Giving away the FreedomBox identity is in certain places enough to draw attention.
Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox Posted Dec 6, 2012 21:44 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
Fair enough.
Another poster pointed out that there is a large range set aside for locally generated addresses which is widely used that the FreedomBox could safely use without giving itself away.
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