[James Valleroy 2016-05-09] > NM 1.2 is now in Debian testing and unstable.
So I guess it is time to get this working on the FreedomBox? I had a look at how to get this feature enabled. I found <URL: https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/01/18/networkmanger-and-tracking-protection-in-wi-fi-networks/ > with some information about it. The relevant setting seem to be mac-address-randomization, and I found <URL: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2016-May/msg00062.html > giving clues how to set it up. For example running nmcli connection modify $CONNECTION \ 802-11-wireless.mac-address-randomization always would enable it. One can also change the connection default value in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. The allowed values according to <URL: https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/unstable/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.html > is 'default', 'never' and 'always'. 'default' will pick the value from the conf file. 'never' is the normal default. I am a bit unsure what 'always' really mean. When do we want to use the random mac address, and when do we want to use the original one? Can we ask for a random one that is stable for a given wifi network, making it harder to track a freedombox on the move while still getting it to work on networks with MAC based access control? For this to work, I believe wpa-supplicant 2.4 or newer is needed. I guess we should enforce it using a dependency somewhere. There is also the <URL: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AnonymizingNetworkMACAddresses > option using if-pre-up.d hooks and macchanger. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
