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m Add a warning about a default privacy feature of Networkmanager being silently turned off when using iwd as a backend. Refs: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280657 https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/2502
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iwd as backend for NetworkManager: Added some refs to warning about mac randomisation.
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networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd";
networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd";
</syntaxhighlight>{{Warning|Setting this will silently turn off MAC address randomization as Networkmanager does not control the MAC address randomization features of `iwd` for which it is turned off by default.
</syntaxhighlight>{{Warning|Setting this will silently turn off MAC address randomization as Networkmanager does not control the MAC address randomization features of `iwd` for which it is turned off by default.<ref>https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280657</ref><ref>https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/1111</ref>
Use the `AddressRandomization` option in the iwd settings to remediate this.}}
To remediate this, configure iwd directly using the `AddressRandomization` option.}}


=== iwd as backend for Connman ===
=== iwd as backend for Connman ===