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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

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

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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

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

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

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