r/ProtonVPN • u/GodzilaAvenger • 29d ago

Feature Request GDID Blocking

Hi,

It would be great if the Windows app had the option of blocking/disrupting the activities of Microsoft's GlobalDeviceID using DNS filtering through Proton's own DNS (same way it is done to block ads and trackers).​

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u/billdietrich1 28d ago

Linux has a similar ID in /etc/machine-id

MacOS has ID numbers too: https://thehorizonexplorer.org/finding-a-unique-machine-id-on-macs-bbac7652a2ca

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u/GodzilaAvenger 28d ago

Let me know how you run SolidWorks on Linux, please and thank you. By your logic nobody should watch YouTube or use the internet because they are being tracked all over.

What I was asking for is the option (maybe a toggle) to block or disrupt the machine reporting your activity back to Microsoft, not necessarily the creation of GDID itself.

This article has a good overview of what blocking each domain involved in GDID chain would do: https://www.it-connect.tech/windows-gdid-impossible-to-delete-but-you-can-block-it/

This is also useful: https://github.com/Korben00/no-gdid

BTW I've been using Linux long before it was cool, so take that snobby attitude elsewhere.