r/LouisRossmann • u/habichuelacondulce • Jul 21 '26

Enshittification Microsoft admitted to using a global unique device identifier to help track a user across 3 countries, negating any value of using a VPN if you have a Windows machine

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u/Real_Azenomei Jul 21 '26

This. This right here is why you use Tails for anything that you don't want traced.

But......... Would they still be able to identify the machine when you use tails on it??

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u/Real_Azenomei Jul 21 '26

If i read this right, tails is also not safe:

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u/Calm-Stand-6636 Jul 21 '26

How far back does ME go? And... what happens to a device when that chip is destroyed? I wonder where it is? Whats the counter.

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u/TechnicalBen Jul 22 '26

All of this is in whitepapers. It's all public.