...and usually these 64 bits are made from the MAC address of the interface linked to this IPv6 address (padded if 48 bits).
I think what you're looking for is RFC 4941, Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6:
This document describes an extension to IPv6
stateless address autoconfiguration for interfaces whose interface
identifier is derived from an IEEE identifier. Use of the extension
causes nodes to generate global scope addresses from interface
identifiers that change over time, even in cases where the interface
contains an embedded IEEE identifier. Changing the interface
identifier (and the global scope addresses generated from it) over
time makes it more difficult for eavesdroppers and other information
collectors to identify when different addresses used in different
transactions actually correspond to the same node.
I just don't see people actually wanting this technology
Yes, I can't imagine anyone who'd rather be able to nap, read a book, or do anything other than staring at the bumper in front of them during a regular weekday commute.
You missed this other part of gstoddart's comment:
If I need to be paying attention every second in case the computer does something stupid (and need to be able to anticipate every point at which it could do something stupid), it will require as much or more attention as if I was driving anyway.
Maybe you shouldn't be commenting on Slashdot while napping, reading a book, or anything else...
Anybody who wasn't already assuming that all networked devices for which you haven't personally reviewed all the source code are anything other than hostile network actors is an idiot.
Just because your messages are accessible on a new device, it does not necessarily mean that your messages are readable or key is accessible by Apple. For instance, if the decryption key for iMessage were encrypted with your Apple ID password, then your key could be transferred around between devices, but Apple or the DEA would still have to brute-force/social engineer/whatever to get your password and decrypt the key. Whether or not it's actually set up that way...
As a freshman physics major at a major research university (of Our Lady), I can reliably say that my peers and I find the best instructors are those who give traditional "chalk talks." Last semester I started going to a different chemistry section precisely because my old instructor simply rushed through some powerpoint slides and made some cryptic remarks, while the other professor wrote everything out on the chalkboard. As a general rule, professors who use Powerpoints just read off them, while professors who write on the board actually have something to say.
Also, WebAssign sucks majorly. Nightly rants about WebAssign and online homework can be heard throughout the dorms.
My comment pointed more toward the fact that, to most people on the Internet, my "real name" is useless. Whether I'm "John Smith" or "Zorkon, Lord of the Universe," it doesn't really matter. My name doesn't mean anything -- not only are there the obvious cases where having one's name online is just plain bad (like you mentioned), but even when it's not a "bad idea," it doesn't add anything. If it doesn't add any value, why is it useful (other than to make it easier to track me)?
To paraphrase Bill Shakespeare, "What's in a name? That who we call John Smith by any other name would still be an idiot."
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...and usually these 64 bits are made from the MAC address of the interface linked to this IPv6 address (padded if 48 bits).
I think what you're looking for is RFC 4941, Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6:
This document describes an extension to IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration for interfaces whose interface identifier is derived from an IEEE identifier. Use of the extension causes nodes to generate global scope addresses from interface identifiers that change over time, even in cases where the interface contains an embedded IEEE identifier. Changing the interface identifier (and the global scope addresses generated from it) over time makes it more difficult for eavesdroppers and other information collectors to identify when different addresses used in different transactions actually correspond to the same node.
I just don't see people actually wanting this technology
Yes, I can't imagine anyone who'd rather be able to nap, read a book, or do anything other than staring at the bumper in front of them during a regular weekday commute.
You missed this other part of gstoddart's comment:
If I need to be paying attention every second in case the computer does something stupid (and need to be able to anticipate every point at which it could do something stupid), it will require as much or more attention as if I was driving anyway.
Maybe you shouldn't be commenting on Slashdot while napping, reading a book, or anything else...
Anybody who wasn't already assuming that all networked devices for which you haven't personally reviewed all the source code are anything other than hostile network actors is an idiot.
FTFY.
That is a terribly short-sighted sentiment. Why you should care.
Backdoors are passé.
And so is proper Unicode support...
I thought the number was supposed to be around 300 million...
Just because your messages are accessible on a new device, it does not necessarily mean that your messages are readable or key is accessible by Apple. For instance, if the decryption key for iMessage were encrypted with your Apple ID password, then your key could be transferred around between devices, but Apple or the DEA would still have to brute-force/social engineer/whatever to get your password and decrypt the key. Whether or not it's actually set up that way...
I've been buying the model B...
This article is about the Model A?
We believe that the only remaining eco-system is the web...
Didn't we already know this? http://xkcd.com/934/
Yes it is. And to be fair, it's a lot more accurate than Nostradamus ever was.
It would make more sense to ask the students.
As a freshman physics major at a major research university (of Our Lady), I can reliably say that my peers and I find the best instructors are those who give traditional "chalk talks." Last semester I started going to a different chemistry section precisely because my old instructor simply rushed through some powerpoint slides and made some cryptic remarks, while the other professor wrote everything out on the chalkboard. As a general rule, professors who use Powerpoints just read off them, while professors who write on the board actually have something to say. Also, WebAssign sucks majorly. Nightly rants about WebAssign and online homework can be heard throughout the dorms.
You know this is classified as a *joke*, right?
http://xkcd.com/938/
He still won't talk about that door, though... http://xkcd.com/1040/
My comment pointed more toward the fact that, to most people on the Internet, my "real name" is useless. Whether I'm "John Smith" or "Zorkon, Lord of the Universe," it doesn't really matter. My name doesn't mean anything -- not only are there the obvious cases where having one's name online is just plain bad (like you mentioned), but even when it's not a "bad idea," it doesn't add anything. If it doesn't add any value, why is it useful (other than to make it easier to track me)? To paraphrase Bill Shakespeare, "What's in a name? That who we call John Smith by any other name would still be an idiot."
Yeah, my name is John Smith... I'm really afraid of people's judgement.
Ah, the endless euphemism treadmill...
http://xkcd.com/936/
I'm pretty sure that the government shutting down on Tuesday isn't going to help this at all. :P
They'll call it the iScroll...