GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
  • RainbowBlite@piefed.caEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    The connection is that Windows records everything you do. So the FBI asks for every Windows user who accessed a specific site around a date/time and Microsoft can provide that.

    You accessed a site over VPN? Your ISP has no idea it was you, , and the VPN didn’t keep records, but Windows recorded that and sent it back to the mothership with your unique identifier.