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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

www.windowslatest.com

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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

www.windowslatest.com

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago
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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.
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    It’s probably since XP at least. Probably introduced in some form in NT.

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      I used xp-Antispy to cut off the telemetry back in the day.

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