jeffhykin, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) Every phone number has one owner, but MAC addresses can have many owners. They’re categorically different. How would the internet know how to find your phone? The same way phone calls try to find a phone when its powered off. Attempt, and then fail under a timeout. Where would the registery be? Same place as the phone number registry. Or the domain name registry. That would be one giant database Yep the domain name registry and cell phone registry very much are AFAIK
Every phone number has one owner, but MAC addresses can have many owners. They’re categorically different.
How would the internet know how to find your phone?
The same way phone calls try to find a phone when its powered off. Attempt, and then fail under a timeout.
Where would the registery be?
Same place as the phone number registry. Or the domain name registry.
That would be one giant database
Yep the domain name registry and cell phone registry very much are AFAIK