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-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoIf it was registered, probably. They use a mixture of that to allow re-enabling the same license on the same hardware.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoOEM systems come with the license key stored in the firmware (ACPI tables specifically), you can read them from *nix easily enough. sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM If you boot the system and login an account then yeah they’ll be able to link that, but the install itself can “self activate”.
If it was registered, probably. They use a mixture of that to allow re-enabling the same license on the same hardware.
OEM systems come with the license key stored in the firmware (ACPI tables specifically), you can read them from *nix easily enough.
sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDMIf you boot the system and login an account then yeah they’ll be able to link that, but the install itself can “self activate”.