On 7/22/2016 9:49 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| Is all your on-line activity through your library's wifi? Are you
| conducting illegal activities while on-line at the library? If not, why
| be concerned about tracking?
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| I'm afraid that argument has been used to justify surveillance since
| surveillance was first used. Certain activities are illegal even between
| consenting adults so why object to a camera in your bedroom if you are
| not doing them. It's the same argument.
|
You raise some interesting questions. I wasn't aware
of that aspect of IPv6. And yes, Neil's argument is silly
and naive.
[...]
Neil demonstrates the universal human tendency to first
try the ostrich approach when inconvenience arrives.
[...]
What is silly and naive is responding to a clipped portion of my
response that suited another's purpose, and commenting on it as though
it represents the point I was making. Frankly, I find that to be well
below what I thought of you, based on other interactions we've had.

Are they really insisting? You actually can't opt for
logging in? How would they recognize a "friendly" MAC
address without logging in?

Perhaps you've not set up a wifi access point, and that is the basis of
your confusion? It has long been possible to specify MAC addresses that
can use the WAP, block others, and allow log-ins from non-specified
devices. It has little or nothing to do with ipv6, since the capability
was available decades prior to the introduction of that standard. IOW,
both you and the OP are conflating unrelated aspects of wifi.

Based on the OP, it appears that the library has offered his/her "user
group" direct access via MAC address. I can't see a practical reason why
they would try to offer that to all users, since it would involve a lot
of management.

Boy. Try to help some folks, and all you get is B.S.!

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Best regards,

Neil