Hi,
tailshelper@??? wrote (23 Jan 2013 01:34:10 GMT) :
> We cannot rely on Macchanger after OS boots up, because some routers
> detect our MAC address when the system boots. So, the solution would be to
> randomize the MAC address ASAP during the boot, and have the option (on
> the greeting screen) to change MAC address back to default. THat way we
> could avoid having the rogue routers detecting us, while also having the
> option to have everything back to normal so we could login to some wifi
> network that applies restrictions on which MAC address are allowed to
> access or not.
I think this makes sense, and would be sane defaults for Wi-Fi
adapters. I'm editing todo/macchanger to make it clear the Wi-Fi
usecase is special, with a pointer to this discussion.
What do other think?
Can we agree on this (quoting what I just added to the ticket):
The Wi-Fi usecase is a bit different: the public / private computer
distinction does not make sense, but there are two main situations:
1. Some Wi-Fi networks restrict access to a list of known MAC
addresses, so in this case, the user of a known computer wants to
use their real MAC address.
2. In most (all?) other cases, we want to anonymize the MAC address.
?
> It's so simple I believe someone must have thought about it before, but I
> didn't find anything about it on the documentation, so... here it is.
If we have thought of it previously, then I did forget.
Thanks a lot for the suggestion!
> I would really like to have it implemented (for trials at least) in the
> next version =)
So would I. Are you volunteering?
> IN my experience, it would help tails/tor users anonimaty a lot =)
I agree. One more reason for you to volunteer? :)
Cheers,
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