prehistoric-systems/privacyguides.org
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org.git synced 2026-03-11 08:54:41 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions 1

docs: Remove mention of Machine-ID in Linux Overview

Browse source 
- Machine ID uniqueness may be desired. See: https://github.com/secureblue/secureblue/issues/1121 and https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/7100.
  - TL;DR of both links is: having a static machine-id makes it easier to identify that a machine is, for example, running the Tails OS.
  - It may also cause breakage on systemd-creds encryption: https://github.com/secureblue/secureblue/issues/1121#issuecomment-3054194314 (not confirmed, though)

Signed-off-by: Tiagoquix <30274161+Tiagoquix@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Tiagoquix 2026-01-19 21:59:31 -03:00 committed by GitHub
parent 8f7014158e
commit df99dab269
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: B5690EEEBB952194
1 changed files with 0 additions and 1 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

1
docs/os/linux-overview.md
View file

@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ There are other system identifiers which you may wish to be careful about. You s
- **Hostnames:** Your system's hostname is shared with the networks you connect to. You should avoid including identifying terms like your name or operating system in your hostname, instead sticking to generic terms or random strings.
- **Usernames:** Similarly, your username is used in a variety of ways across your system. Consider using generic terms like "user" rather than your actual name.
- **Machine ID:** During installation, a unique machine ID is generated and stored on your device. Consider [setting it to a generic ID](https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html#machine-id).
### System Counting