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A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID

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A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

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The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising privacy red flags about Windows' surveillance capabilities.

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