Author: sajolida Date: To: The Tails public development discussion list, anonym Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [RFC] Design (and prototype) for MAC spoofing in
Tails
sajolida@???: > I tested this option yesterday with a fellow Tails user, which is not a
> native. The word "spoof" happened to be problematic. According to
> the Microsoft Manual of Style, a secret reference of mine :), it is
> all-right to use the "spoofing" but it needs to be explained first
> if we are not sure that our users will understand it. Well... that's
> exactly what happened to me.
>
> So we tried to make it a tiny bit more explicit that the first sentence
> of the option is actually a definition of "spoofing". Plus I changed the
> title of the option from a verb to a noun, like the other options, and
> it is also the title of the documentation page: "MAC address spoofing".
>
> So here is our updated proposal:
>
> «
>
> MAC address spoofing
> ====================
>
> Spoofing MAC addresses hides the serial number of your network cards to
> the local networks. This can help you hide your geographical location.
>
> It is generally safer to spoof MAC addresses, but it might also
> raise suspicion or cause network connection problems.
> See the documentation.
>
> [x] Spoof all MAC addresses
>
> »
>
> More feedback later.
anonym, do you think this could go into the initial release?
