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

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

No, MAC addresses are not equivalent phone numbers. I can’t edit my phone number for free in 30sec to whatever I want, and I can’t send a message to a MAC address.

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jeffhykin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Okay, then change you number to 911 and I’ll call it to check.

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- SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Try to change your ip to a taken one. What’s your point?
  
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  - jeffhykin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The IP doesn’t persist and the MAC address isnt unique. A phone number is both.
    
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    SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Static ips persist.
    
    MAC addresses can be banned
    
    Phone numbers can’t roam
    
    Phone numbers aren’t unique (area code)
    
    Wrong on all fronts.
    
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    Sethayy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So then drop your phone and pick up your friends.
    
    What number do you have now?
    
    Or if you really want an IP to follow you plug in your router at your friends house.
    
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