sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMicrosoft Confirms Windows Has a Global Device ID You Can't Turn Offtech.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Confirms Windows Has a Global Device ID You Can't Turn Offtech.yahoo.comsanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 months agoI don’t think anybody should have been surprised since at least XP that Windows assigns your PC a UUID. The surprising betrayal is that it’s leaked (or worse, used intentionally) for purposes other than Windows activation.
I don’t think anybody should have been surprised since at least XP that Windows assigns your PC a UUID. The surprising betrayal is that it’s leaked (or worse, used intentionally) for purposes other than Windows activation.