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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

www.windowslatest.com

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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

www.windowslatest.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago
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GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
  • Hestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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    Linux is PC…

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      Also you can play almost all games on linux

      • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        And in some cases they run better then on windows.

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          true, although the opposite is also sometimes true. Really it’s mostly the same experience on a much less bloated OS that’s highly configurable.

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