@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Post #4338324
2026-08-02 22:23 UTC
@bontchev@infosec.exchange @SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange no idea where you've got that from. If you use something like Ubuntu and do apt-get, it doesn't transmit a GUID centrally.
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@bontchev@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 23:11
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social @SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange Well, the GDID was originally invented for Windows Update, not for spying. Every OS that updates from a central place needs something like this. If I remember correctly, on Linux it is either in /etc/machine-id or in /var/lib/dbus/machine-id (or both), although there are other possible places for it; see https://github.com/garyexplains/examples/blob/master/linux_fingerprint_gdid.py However, unlike Windows, it's easy to re-generate it; basically just delete it and a new one will be generated at boot time.