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MrBuddyCasino / ESP32_Alexa

An Alexa Smart Speaker project for the ESP32.

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MAC address purpose #24

Closed chegewara closed 6 years ago

chegewara commented 6 years ago

Hi, what is the mac address purpose to generate token? I am generating token with random mac and it still working, my last tested mac was AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA.

MrBuddyCasino commented 6 years ago

Its just a handy way to associate a randomness with a specific hardware instance, which is what Amazon wants in this case.

chegewara commented 6 years ago

Yes, i figured it out its deviceID in amzon SDK. Thanks.