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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 个月前

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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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 个月前

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’m surprised they havent created some sort of software that changes your machine-id every 12 hours or something.
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  oh you can do that with linux, even with systemd, just takes a bit of tinkering

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