Am 29.10.2019 um 08:21 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 29.10.2019 um 02:25 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > >> Note also that the same paragraph recommends to use a hash as a >> stable unique identifier. But since this is meant to be stable >> and unique, this would also allow the machine to be tracked if >> such a hash is exposed on the network. So the reason you give >> is obviously wrong. > > This API (sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific) was added to selectively > allow tracking (say for popcon like cases) but wouldn't allow to get the > original machine-id. > If you used the original machine-id for such a use case, it would mean > you could correlate the data for other ussage scenarios as well, which > could be problematic. >
https://lwn.net/Articles/776327/ , if you want to read more about it -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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