inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1872arrow-down18cross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
arrow-up1864arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square197linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 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.