Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
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.
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/Open linkView original on tardigram.com
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I'm not surprised MS fingerprints everything, what is insane is that their telemetry has most if not all outgoing network requests. They literally have your browser history. Better actually, because it includes non-browser activity too.
crazy.
So bad opsec helps catch bad actor. Tale as old as time.