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GDID – Microsoft's Windows Tracker That Can't Be Turned Off [video]

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2 points by trinsic2 4 days ago · 1 comment

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trinsic2OP 4 days ago

In the news is a newly discovered Windows tracker that has some scary implications. It can be used to track your activities all over the Internet and was recently used against a Cyber-criminal case by the US Government. It involved information supplied by Microsoft and it reveals a level of tracking that we have not known about and works even if you don't use a Microsoft account. Just using Windows is enough to enable this tracking.

My Comments: Sounds like it uses the TPM chip to create this identifier. This is why I do not recommend using the security hardware as a part of PC hardware.

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