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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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[โ€“] krisevol@lemmus.org 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Google has been tracking you for over 15 years, what you mean?

[โ€“] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

Not if you're not using any of their shit and actively blocking their garbage. But if they can just tap into the OS global ID that Microsoft slapped into the OS that's an issue.