Yes and no. The deal is your last part is your MAC. So when your extension changes they can still track you over any ipv6 connection. The privacy extension changes the last bit so you can’t be tracked over any connection.
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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day agoEvery single one of those temporary IP addresses has the same prefix, which traces back to you.
Auli@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
the whole point of privacy extensions is that it replaces the MAC with a random something
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That assumes that the prefix is static which it isn’t. It also assumes that you are the only one with that prefix which isn’t necessarily the case. It makes it much harder to track compared to a static IP that is tied to your device.
If you are the only one using a static prefix then it is less useful but chances are that prefix is shared among lots of users and devices.