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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by farfatched on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:59AM (#47790034)
My OS gives me IPv6 privacy addresses out-the-box which rotate every few hours.
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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by throwawaypath on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:41PM (#47809157)
The prefix is your globally unique identifier. "Privacy addresses" provide zero privacy.
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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by ButlerianJihad on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:43PM (#47809196)
“Privacy addresses” are named because in the beginning, your auto-generated IPv6 would incorporate your hardware MAC address verbatim, and many people consider the MAC address to be PII.
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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by throwawaypath on Friday April 17, 2026 @03:14PM (#47809494)
Hard to believe the committee thought that was a good idea.
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