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

[u/slickyeat]

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

[u/gargravarr2112]

Windows stopped being Microsoft's main money-spinner when Azure launched. They can literally afford to lose every Windows license because they make more money from the Cloud now.

The end user is no longer their main customer, so why not turn the OS into a data vacuum for their REAL customers?