Post #3977292
2026-07-13 22:56 UTC
Yup!
Motherboard, CPU, GPU models and serial numbers. Ram size and speed. Those were used during Windows activation as old as windows 95. But likely yes, a full list of every component connected.
Your Android phone collects every WiFi network it has ever seen and sends it to Google, so we should assume Microsoft does the same (Android can locate you without GPS by using your neighbors’ WiFi signals as position identifiers, and can triangulate you to a few feet using the relative networks’ signal strengths)
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@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-14 03:21
Android phone collects every WiFi network it has ever seen and sends it to Google Possibly, but how often do you use WiFi on a phone?
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@Reygle@lemmy.world 2026-07-14 02:34
GrapheneOS babyyyyy
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@mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-07-15 03:30
Wait, what is the solution then? Genz are not going to settle on 10 yo laptop. They are going to buy new expensive AI-ready windows machine, replacing with Linux will do nothing privacywise? The only viable alt is to buy some obscure Linux laptop or old device? How old should it be anyway?