inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down17cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1636arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square107fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ca
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·15 hours agoIt’s not just Windows tracking your web browsing history. GPU drivers do it too. Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/intel-windows-driver-to-now-collect-user-telemetry-data-like-website-categories-by-default/
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·15 hours ago It’s not just Windows tracking your web browsing history. GPU drivers do it too. …on Windows. if you explicitly install their malware and agree to data sharing.
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 hours agoThat’s wild. Shit like this makes me distrust proprietary drivers
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 hours agoI distrust proprietary anything at this point
It’s not just Windows tracking your web browsing history. GPU drivers do it too. Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/intel-windows-driver-to-now-collect-user-telemetry-data-like-website-categories-by-default/
…on Windows. if you explicitly install their malware and agree to data sharing.
That’s wild. Shit like this makes me distrust proprietary drivers
I distrust proprietary anything at this point