Re: [Whonix-devel] Development Discussion - Anonymizing MAC Addresses

[Vladimir A. <vla...@ap...>]

On 03/09/2013 07:19 AM, adr...@ri... wrote:

> [https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/MAC/](https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/MAC/)
>
> Does it make sense or am I overthinking it?
>
> URL: http://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/featureblog/2013/03/development-discussion---anonymizing-mac-addresses/

I rarely use public WiFi, so I'm not very familiar with this issue.

As I understand what you've written, the general idea is setting
MAC address spoofing policies for multiple WiFi networks. That seems
rather analogous to the network type setting in Windows 7 etc.

The problem, I suspect, may be that your machine reveals its MAC
address in an initial dialogue with a WiFi router. Is that true?

If it's not, then adding something to Network Manager to set MAC
address spoofing policy for each WiFi router might be best. For
new connections without policies, you'd be prompted.

If machines do reveal MAC addresses in initial dialogues with WiFi
routers, it's far more complicated. You'd need to collect whatever
information Network Manager needs without revealing your true
MAC address.