inclementimmigrant to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1923arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]windows11[email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1914arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.cominclementimmigrant to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square223linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]windows11[email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAppleMangolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoApparently it requires a Microsoft account to work, so local-only accounts are safe (in the case of patched windows ISOs). But this only disabled GDID and there’s still no guarantee that there aren’t other idenfiers.
Apparently it requires a Microsoft account to work, so local-only accounts are safe (in the case of patched windows ISOs). But this only disabled GDID and there’s still no guarantee that there aren’t other idenfiers.