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jve
1297 days ago
> These metrics even include MAC addresses.
MAC address SHA256 hashes, to be precise.
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account42
1297 days ago
MAC addresses are only 48-bit and sparsely allocated (i.e. the first half indentifies the vendor). I wouldn't be surprised if the hashes for all normal hardware (i.e. with known vendors) can be easily brute forced.
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