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"In IPv6 when using address auto-configuration, the Interface Identifier (MAC address) of an interface port is used to make its public IP address unique, exposing the type of hardware used and providing a unique handle for a user's online activity." - wikipedia on ipv6. ipv4 is more fungible than your MAC address.

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kalleboo|10 years ago

The current versions of Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android all use RFC 4941 Privacy Extensions by default to randomize the address used

brohee|10 years ago

So that's where this retardation is coming from... Of all the people that edited this page in the last ten year, no one checked if this was ever deployed...

sheensleeves|10 years ago

I was basing this on an ipv6 book I read a while ago. Just used wikipedia as the reference.