Re: [Tails-dev] Oversimplified and incorrect doc about MAC a…

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Author: sajolida
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Oversimplified and incorrect doc about MAC addresses
On 18/02/13 21:06, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> our current MAC address doc [1] reads:
>
> "This address is actually used to address your computer on the local
> network, but it will never get out on the Internet so people can not
> use it to trace you."
>
> [1] https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/mac_changer/
>
> It was raised on #tails (thanks velope!) that this is oversimplified
> and incorrect: "There are many public wifi 'login' pages that transmit
> the mac to a central authentication server in a URL; like in chain
> hotels".
>
> sajolida: shall I file a ticket, or do you want to do it, or just fix
> it on the spot?


This page should be rewritten after the MAC thingie gets implemented.
But for the moment I fixed it with commit 0d9718d.