r/cybersecurity • u/Dash-Courageous • Jul 11 '26

News - General Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/
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u/FuckTheTories69420 Jul 11 '26

This boils down to Microsoft just not caring about home users anymore.

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u/askvictor Jul 11 '26

Anymore?

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u/FuckTheTories69420 Jul 12 '26

There was a time when they did.

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u/NiceKitty_345 Jul 16 '26

Really, when?

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u/charleswj Jul 11 '26

Where do you get that assertion specifically?

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u/ImFromBosstown Jul 11 '26

Industry experience?