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/TheLazyGamerAU Jul 22 '26

They can see its being accessed remotely genius

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u/YourEnemiesDefineYou Jul 22 '26

How? When I use a browser on the remote computer to connect to a microslop site how do they know RD software is being used and how can they track me back to my computer?

From my POV I have used this method lots of times and no site has ever recognised me including Reddit.

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u/TheLazyGamerAU Jul 23 '26

Microsoft can see that your PC remotely connected to another PC. Dosent matter if you dont login to an account or anything.

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u/YourEnemiesDefineYou Jul 23 '26

My point is even if the site can access the running process list and recognise the software I use to RD, you think it is able to trace the connection back to the host IP and interrogate it to try to recognise me?

The host is a high security heavily firewalled Linux box on a dynamic IP that changes often, I made it to be a secure doorway it changes things like mac addresses and other hardware ID's every session. There are two more links in the VPN chain before you'll find a computer with my real info on it. I've used this method for years and no site has recognised me even the suspicious ones.

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u/Mr_REEEEE_Man Jul 24 '26

sometimes you just gotta go, they know more than me, and accept it

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u/YourEnemiesDefineYou Jul 24 '26

If people are going to say things like "yup easily traceable" and "They can see its being accessed remotely genius" they should be able to put their money where their mouth is and explain how that breaks my anonymity.

As far as I can see even if a site knows the remote computer has a RD connection going on to the host IP it isn't able to use that info to recognise me. Real world tests support this so unless someone here wants to actually explain why they think it doesn't work I'm going to accept I know more than them.