Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox [LWN.net]

Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

Posted Dec 14, 2012 14:24 UTC (Fri) by Felix_the_Mac (guest, #32242)
Parent article: Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

A random (or semi-random) MAC address would not be a give away if enough other devices used the same scheme.

Therefore:

1. submit patch to Linux kernel for random MAC address assignment.
2. Get feature turned on by default.
3. Get Google to use feature in Android - millions of phones with random MAC addresses

Problem solved!

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