@inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
2026-07-13 16:42 UTC
Replies (14)
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@EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-13 21:37
My laptop came with Win11, I’ve removed that drive a few months ago and replaced it with Mint. Does this mean MS has my motherboard, WiFi, other hardware identifiers that would still tie that laptop to their database?
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@Semotto@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 21:18
He’ so stupid for sending ransomware and logging into snapchat/facebook from the same laptop without even using VMs
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@yucandu@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 20:10
Identifier. Not tracker. They’re not phoning home, thank god.
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@TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-13 19:30
It is truly god damn unfortunate that Microsoft has spent decades fostering a level of technical ineptitude among the average person that they cannot even consider getting off their fucking shit ass platform that “just works”. Because that is the real problem. So many people on here will say “just use Linux!” But the vast majority of people cannot fathom where to even start with that and won’t even consider it because Windows “just works” and it has done so for so long that people just can’t be bothered.
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@Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2026-07-13 19:08
uniquely identify an installation of a Windows operating system on a device, either a physical device (…) or virtual machine Oh. Even VMs. What do I need to change in a VM so that this GDID also changes?
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@daggermoon@piefed.world 2026-07-13 21:46
What idiot hacker uses Windows?
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@Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 17:17
There’s a very easy trick to defeat this: use Linux.
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@db2@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 17:46
So they’re saying that all these “secret” societies online, like the Peter Thiel psychopathy, are relatively easily identified and rounded up and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and they’re just choosing not to do it? I’m shocked.
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@Forester@pawb.social 2026-07-14 00:25
Look into 🅱️ios vs uefℹ️
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@the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 18:22
The level of naivete to think it’s a good idea using a microsoft account on a microsoft product for your illegal activity is astounding. Especially when you consider the amount of technical knowledge required to do such a thing. I legitimately cannot make that connection, Microsoft has never been shy about tracking you or their tight relationship with 3 letter agencies. It doesn’t take a genius to know they are going to snitch, I figured that was a foregone conclusion. Kids need to learn about OPSEC.
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@cley_faye@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 22:40
I was gonna comment something about Linux distro also having a machine ID, but then I remembered that it’s not in a big database, and it’s so well enforced I routinely have multiple machines with the same ID pop up :D
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@ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2026-07-14 18:26
I switched to Linux Mint a long ass time ago. Micropenis can go fuck themselves.
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@phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-07-14 15:45
Microsoft fucked their customers for the #69514026th time, will it be enough to make people switch to Linux, or do they just like being fucked? Who knows.
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@MehBlah@lemmy.world 2026-07-14 20:04
Its doesn’t have a off switch but you can generate a new one.