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Re: [Int-area] Evaluate impact of MAC address randomization to IP applications

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 22 September 2020 20:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Int-area] Evaluate impact of MAC address randomization to IP applications
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On 2020-09-22 4:22 p.m., Andy Smith wrote:
> Yiu-
> 
> I’d like to help here.   Is the problem that residential devices can’t 
> be reliably tracked for purposes of policy enforcement?     Or is it an 
> IP address depletion issue?
> 
> I noticed iOS 14 does allow for disabling of random MAC addresses.

On a per-ESSID basis?
While this might work for your home, it's going to be annoying at 
hotels, and it may be exactly at that location that you want to avoid 
tracking.

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