MAC address anonymization

MAC address anonymization performs a one-way function on a MAC address so that the result may be used in tracking systems for reporting and the general public, while making it nearly impossible to obtain the original MAC address from the result. The idea is that this process allows companies like Google and CrowdVision – which track users' movements via their computer hardware – to simultaneously protect the identities of the people they are tracking while tracking the hardware itself.

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MAC address anonymization

MAC address anonymization performs a one-way function on a MAC address so that the result may be used in tracking systems for reporting and the general public, while making it nearly impossible to obtain the original MAC address from the result. The idea is that this process allows companies like Google and CrowdVision – which track users' movements via their computer hardware – to simultaneously protect the identities of the people they are tracking while tracking the hardware itself.

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