inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1924arrow-down19cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlwindows11@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.caprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1915arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square223linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlwindows11@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.caprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.