Author: anonym Date: To: The Tails public development discussion list Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [RFC] Design (and prototype) for MAC spoofing in
Tails
10/10/13 03:35, Sina S wrote: > Thanks for the great discussion on this topic.
>
> A real world anecdote:
>
> When I login to TAILS on my msi brand netbook, the wireless device does
> not appear in network-manager and I must use the keyboard hotkey to
> disable and then re-enable the wireless device before network-manager
> shows any "wireless connections are available" message.
>
> So I am worried that in this example, the MAC will not be spoofed
> correctly prior to the initial wireless "scan" sent out to find access
> points.
If you read the first paragraph under the "Implementation" section,
you'll see that the way it's implemented, MAC spoofing is applied as
soon as a device is plugged in, so this won't be a problem.
