unglueclass23@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down12cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.capcmasterrace@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comunglueclass23@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square48linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.capcmasterrace@zerobytes.monster
minus-squareandrewd18@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down15·5 days agoAnd don’t look at /etc/machine-id.
minus-squareSolrac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYou can use vAlpine or other distros that use OpenRC, or init.d Not to mention machine-I’d is use for enterprise deployments, and some encryption
minus-squareandrewd18@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 days ago/etc/machine-id predates systemd, it’s from DBus.
minus-squarelogging_strict@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoor G’d forbid Void Linux with runit
And don’t look at /etc/machine-id.
What’s it used for?
You can use vAlpine or other distros that use OpenRC, or init.d Not to mention machine-I’d is use for enterprise deployments, and some encryption
/etc/machine-id predates systemd, it’s from DBus.
or G’d forbid Void Linux with runit