[tilwidnk]

> Can you explain this more? Why are you so tied to ipv4?

For me, IPv4 doesn't break the privacy barrier, IPv6 blasts a huge hole straight into each and every household, office and IoT device on the planet. No, privacy fixes put into IPv6 do not work.

[dns_snek]

You're not completely wrong, but that ship has sailed a long time ago: https://amiunique.org

Until browser fingerprinting is addressed, there will be no real privacy.

[lolinder]

Can you explain this more? I realize that one IP address per device poses a major problem for privacy, but I thought we somewhat mitigated that by dynamically reassigning IPs.

What exactly is the problem with the privacy fixes that were put into IPv6? Why don't they work?

[kccqzy]

I'm guessing that the GP is talking about the fact that if there were two persons in a household using the Internet at the same time, with IPv4 they would connect from the same IP address (though of course with different port numbers), but with IPv6 they would likely connect from distinct IP addresses, and usually only sharing a /64 prefix.

You are correct that this isn't a big issue. SLAAC addresses are generally changed fairly frequently by the OS. As for stateful DHCPv6, well I turn it off for both this reason and the fact that Android doesn't support it.