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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Switch SYSTEM and RESTRICTED permissions on the registry key to DENY. It might stop even RO access to that LID value.