inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square226linkfedilinkarrow-up1918arrow-down110cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1908arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square226linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 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.