If folks had any idea how easy it is to spoof a MAC addy, they would know what a silly waste of time this whole idea is- Therefore, it must have another, more nefarious purpose.
“If folks had any idea how easy it is to spoof a MAC addy, they would know what a silly waste of time this whole idea is- Therefore, it must have another, more nefarious purpose.”
I have 17 hotspots within range from my living room. Two of them use WAP encryption, nine use WEP encryption, the remaining six are open. How hard do they think it would be for me to use one of those other hotspots... Should i ever do anythign that nefarious. And how in the heck do they think they are going to get all of these router retrofitted with this software or replaced. Who am I kidding they would probably make it a requirement for all ISP to knock you offline unless you upgrade your router...
Don’t put anything past them.
“If folks had any idea how easy it is to spoof a MAC addy, they would know what a silly waste of time this whole idea is-”
That wouldn’t solve the problem, would it?
If you have to log in to the ISP to get access then they still know who you are.
With this law they’ll find they can get the MAC address, spoofed or unspoofed, and then they’re stuck in a dead end. It’s a wireless hot spot, so the user could be hundreds of miles away by now.
So the next step is to require ID or credit card be logged before use of any hot spot. Then we’ll be like China, with perfect tracking of all our online activities.