☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1408arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square93fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ca
minus-squareBieren@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down8·2 days agoDoes MS track what you do in Edge and Windows, yes. Does Google track you in Crome and any app of theirs, yes. Does Apple track everything you do on their devices, yes. Does meta, twitter, all social media sites track the fuck out of you, also yes.
minus-squareyoumaynotknow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up42·2 days agoDoes Linux track you? Does LibreWolf track you? Does GrapheneOS track you? Does Vanadium track you? Does SimpleX or Signal track you? Does… Never mind, I think you get my point.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agothey generally give you the option to avoid tracking. now, whether they actually follow your desire is another issue.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·2 days agoThose idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·2 days agoThose idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agotracking is a core function of pretty much all commercial software at this point
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoYes, all of that is true. Were you building up to making a point, or…
Does MS track what you do in Edge and Windows, yes. Does Google track you in Crome and any app of theirs, yes. Does Apple track everything you do on their devices, yes. Does meta, twitter, all social media sites track the fuck out of you, also yes.
Does Linux track you? Does LibreWolf track you? Does GrapheneOS track you? Does Vanadium track you? Does SimpleX or Signal track you? Does…
Never mind, I think you get my point.
they generally give you the option to avoid tracking. now, whether they actually follow your desire is another issue.
Those idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
Those idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
tracking is a core function of pretty much all commercial software at this point
Yes, all of that is true.
Were you building up to making a point, or…