inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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.