[PDF]A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users IP history even with VPN, Full web activity, Video game activity and games played, Logged-in social accounts Via undocumented Windows Device ID

2026-07-07 21:21 UTC

cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/pdf-a-hacker-s-arrest-reveals-micr… You can read about it yourself here on page 12 (or page 8 of affidavit), then page 33 and down (page 29 of affidavit) First one to notice this: Security researcher, VX-Underground.

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@turkalino@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-07 21:26

Any “hacker” that thinks it’s a good idea to use Windows for their activities is really just a hack

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@sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-08 00:08

Oh, but I’m a crazy conspiracy theorist when I tell people something like this almost certainly exists…! … god fucking damnit. Yeah. Yeah this is what the TPMv2 push was for. This is why dual booting is always impossible in practice, because Windows can rewrite the boot sector, whenever it wants, and the Pluton system allows Windows to have an effectively below ring 0 level of access to the kernel, and… you cannot audit this. en.ittrip.xyz/windows11/pluton-firmware-event Windows 11: Bonus Combo Bundle with unremovable NSA rootkit! Its for your health!

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@Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2026-07-08 01:07

Really, they are going to call someone who uses windows a hacker?

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@OwOarchist@pawb.social 2026-07-08 01:53

*laughs in Linux*

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@cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-08 15:05

So why are they tipping their hand now?

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