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-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1641arrow-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-square113linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours ago uniquely identify an installation of a Windows operating system on a device, either a physical device (…) or virtual machine Oh. Even VMs. What do I need to change in a VM so that this GDID also changes?
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours 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.
Oh. Even VMs.
What do I need to change in a VM so that this GDID also changes?
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.