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Re:Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are st... by drdaeman on Sunday August 11, 2013 @02:22PM (#6195651)
If you don't like being tracked then don't practically scream your hardware's identity around. This is what you do when you use 802.11. Trying to legally regulate such things is like pronouncing your and peer's name in clear (even if you use cryptic language), in every sentence you say out loud, then telling others no not notice nor remember that.

Want the privacy the sane way? Go make vendors to introduce security features (like short-lived euphemeral MACs), so communicating party names won't be meaningful to others.

Re:Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are st... by sunglasses on Monday August 12, 2013 @01:56AM (#6197868)
Unfortunately, nobody is competing on such features. There is simply no (even paid) alternative available.
Re:Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are st... by drdaeman on Monday August 12, 2013 @05:10AM (#6198332)
There's always an option to enforce requirement of such features using the legal system.

If laws can and are (ab)used by governments and their TLAs to legally force equipment vendors and service providers to create various surveillance features and misfeatures (backdoors, security strength limitations), it's only reasonable that they must be used to create privacy-enhancing features for the public good, too.

Re:Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are st... by harrytuttle on Sunday August 11, 2013 @03:49PM (#6196054)
How many people really know and/or understand that though?