Post #3745123
2026-07-11 16:54 UTC
@earthshine@masto.hackers.town 1) GDID tracking doesn't depend on a Microsoft online account; it works with standard local accounts as well;
2) This feature isn't exclusive to Windows. For instance, Linux has an /etc/machine-id file, which Chrome (and many other programs) logs to its servers;
3) There's no easy solution for this problem: as long as you're using any proprietary software with its own auto-update mechanism, you'll always be tracked;
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@Drums_in_the_night@ieji.de 2026-07-11 17:52
@d_olex@mastodon.social @earthshine@masto.hackers.town >2) This feature isn't exclusive to Windows. For instance, Linux has an /etc/machine-id file, which Chrome (and many other programs) logs to its servers; That's why paranoiacs like me often use Tails ( https://tails.net ). Each and every boot creates a new ’/etc/machine-id’ file
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 2026-07-11 17:35
@d_olex@mastodon.social Ad 2: this is #systemd shit https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/machine-id.5.html Edit: and also dbus, see below. @earthshine@masto.hackers.town