☆ 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-square0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoOkay, buy the thing to take note here is what tech companies can hide. You know they’re tracking users but there are still things we’ll never find out unless they reveal it themselves or are made to reveal in indirectly.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoOn the other hand, open source software has everything revealed by default. It has no dirty secrets to hide
Okay, buy the thing to take note here is what tech companies can hide.
You know they’re tracking users but there are still things we’ll never find out unless they reveal it themselves or are made to reveal in indirectly.
On the other hand, open source software has everything revealed by default. It has no dirty secrets to hide