Comment on Phones have unique phone numbers, why dont computers have unique computer-numbers?

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Guest_User@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You will always be able to spoof your MAC address if needed. I don’t see the standard ever changing enough to prevent that.

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  • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Though the same is true for phone numbers

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• pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t think that’s something that needs to be fixed. Your phone (and probably your computer) can randomize its MAC address every time it connects to a new WiFi to make it harder to track you.

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• jeffhykin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m shocked this answer has so many upvotes. No, a MAC address is not close to a phone number.

  • “two network interfaces connected to two different networks can share the same MAC address”
  • “Many network interfaces, however, support changing their MAC addresses”

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You ask a question then try to call out an answer? Bold I’ve cotton.

    Sure you can change your phone number, it’s called spoofing, or just call your provider and get a new one, sometimes they charge.

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    • jeffhykin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fair, I could have said fully qualified number, including country code.

      And also fair, instead of saying a MAC could be edited, I should’ve said each phone number has one global owner, while each MAC address could have many owners.

      Corrections have been made 👍

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  • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • JesterIzDead@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not quite. IMEIs are unique to hardware. IMSIs are unique to SIMs

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