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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 天前

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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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

www.windowslatest.com

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 天前
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GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
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    Possibly, but how often do you use WiFi on a phone?

    Basically whenever I’m at home or a relative’s house?

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      But why? Mobile networks are very fast nowadays. And how many homes still have routers?

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        fast ≠ widespread or consistent. mobile data tends to have excruciatingly low upload speeds (at least in my region)

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          Ah, then it makes sense.

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        …are you joking?

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          I would have used WiFi on my phone perhaps two or three times in the last year. My home does have a router, because we’re dinos, but most new houses don’t since everyone has a smartphone anyway.

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