Windows leaking IPv6 address
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:00 pm
Initially browsers use the temporary IPV6 address. After a while they start consistently using the permanent one.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Fo ... networking
" Mucking with the network (e.g., turning temporary addresses off and on) gets the system to use a temporary address for a while, but check back in a few hours or the next day, and the permanent address the one being used. "ipconfig" shows multiple temporary IPv6 addresses available, but checking https://www.google.com/#q=what+is+my+ip in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox show the permanent address being used. "ping" can be convinced to use another address with the "-S", but otherwise it also selects the permanent address.
Having, but not using, temporary IPv6 addresses does not provide much in the way of privacy."
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Fo ... networking
" Mucking with the network (e.g., turning temporary addresses off and on) gets the system to use a temporary address for a while, but check back in a few hours or the next day, and the permanent address the one being used. "ipconfig" shows multiple temporary IPv6 addresses available, but checking https://www.google.com/#q=what+is+my+ip in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox show the permanent address being used. "ping" can be convinced to use another address with the "-S", but otherwise it also selects the permanent address.
Having, but not using, temporary IPv6 addresses does not provide much in the way of privacy."