[PDF]A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users IP history even with VPN, Full web activity, Video game activity and games played, Logged-in social accounts Via undocumented Windows Device ID

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[PDF]A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users IP history even with VPN, Full web activity, Video game activity and games played, Logged-in social accounts Via undocumented Windows Device ID

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1246200/pdf-a-hacker-s-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-ip-history-even-with-vpn-full-we

You can read about it yourself here on page 12 (or page 8 of affidavit), then page 33 and down (page 29 of affidavit)

First one to notice this: Security researcher, VX-Underground.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inlineOpen link View original on piefed.world

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Scoopta

programming.dev

At least personally, I don't find this all that surprising. Windows privacy took a crash with windows 10 and given that I don't trust it, I'm surprised people committing cyber crimes do.

Kairos

lemmy.today

Dont

Use

Windows

logging_strict reply

programming.dev

What to do when encounter a computer running Windows?

Remove Windows. Should be a reflex reaction requiring no: thought, introspection, or doubt.

This is true even without this particular revelation.

Windows is the IE of OSes. What a waste throwing money at it.

IceFoxX reply