Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6

["Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On Feb 28, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Joe Abley wrote:

> By embedding the MAC into the layer-3 address, the concern is that the information becomes accessible Internet-wide.

Given the the toxicity of hotel networks alone, my guess is that it already is pretty much available Internet-wide, at 
least to those who stand to illicitly profit by it the most.

;>

And let's not get started on IMEIs, ESNs, and MEIDs, heh.

SMTP headers and various IM client sessions are also quite revealing, for that matter - and in near- or real-time, in 
many cases.

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