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main/postmarketos-base-ui: randomize MAC address with NetworkManager

Dylan Van Assche requested to merge dylanvanassche/pmaports:networkmanager-mac-random into master

Configure NetworkManager to randomize the MAC address:

  • WLAN scans
  • Per connection for WLAN and Ethernet.

This reduces the possible tracking that might occur based on MAC addresses with WiFi hotspots. This matches the behavior of Android: it uses a random MAC address during a WLAN scan and a random one per connection.

Blogpost: https://fedoramagazine.org/randomize-mac-address-nm/

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