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GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

That's a machine ID, GDID is Winblows exclusive. And in my case, I don't use any big tech crap, so I'm sure that, even if they could get it, they can't do shit with my machine ID either. I can always nuke my system, reinstall Fedora, and BOOM! new machine ID.