inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down17cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 hours agoI was gonna comment something about Linux distro also having a machine ID, but then I remembered that it’s not in a big database, and it’s so well enforced I routinely have multiple machines with the same ID pop up :D
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoLinux users will probably tell you their id if you ask them nicely and seem interested in their distro of choice.
I was gonna comment something about Linux distro also having a machine ID, but then I remembered that it’s not in a big database, and it’s so well enforced I routinely have multiple machines with the same ID pop up :D
Linux users will probably tell you their id if you ask them nicely and seem interested in their distro of choice.