alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-26 hours agoYour Windows PC Has a Permanent ID That Follows You – Even With a VPNarchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1202
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minus-squaree0qdk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoWell, there is /etc/machine-id on Linux…
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoWhat happens if you erase it though? System32 moment?
minus-squaree0qdk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 minutes agoHonestly not sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if it breaks something with D-Bus based on skimming the man pages, but I’ve never dug into it. Its not exposed in containers I run though, and I haven’t run into anything that broke there as a result… 🤷️
Well, there is
/etc/machine-idon Linux…What happens if you erase it though? System32 moment?
Honestly not sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if it breaks something with D-Bus based on skimming the man pages, but I’ve never dug into it. Its not exposed in containers I run though, and I haven’t run into anything that broke there as a result… 🤷️