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Re:DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisati... by Brian_K_White on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @10:58PM (#43553282)
why randomize a mac address?

If everything you print has the same fictitious serial number, it's still a stable identifier that can be triangulated.

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Re:DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisati... by banku_brougham on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @11:36AM (#43557890)
Got it. Then why the first step of go to the effort of getting real serial numbers from the big box store. If the dots signature going to be randomized?
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Re:DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisati... by Brian_K_White on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @10:27PM (#43564049)
Maybe just to get the vaild format.
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