> -----Original Message----- > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Alexandru > Petrescu > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:40 PM > To: ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: I-D Action: draft-imadali-its-vinipv6-viid-00.txt > Outside the VIN discussion, it is already possible to not use Privacy > Addresses. For example, a recent experiment with IPv6 cellular client > shows me that the IPv6 addresses of the smartphone has the IID derived > from a manufacturer's ID.
Of course it is, if it is not enabled, it's not enabled ... btw. The 3GPP specs forbid to base the IID on your number/MSISDN, IMSI or any other identifier. (just in case someone would want to make their life easier) > To some extent this is a privacy issue, because data mining could find > out that the manufacturer of my equipment is that brand, and propose me > that brand when I buy a tablet on amazon. > > In that sense, I doubt it is possible for anybody to impose the use of > Privacy Addresses (randon number in IID, if I am not wrong) to e.g. many > cellular operators. It is still seen as an option (I think). Mobile Operators (following their Privacy departments) are very likely to request handsets with Privacy Extensions enabled by default, the same could be the case for all 'good' mobile stuff vendors. Ales -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
