☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down10
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareBieren@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·13 hours agoDoes MS track what you do in Edge and Windows, yes. Does Google track you in Crome and any app of theirs, yes. Does Apple track everything you do on their devices, yes. Does meta, twitter, all social media sites track the fuck out of you, also yes.
minus-squareyoumaynotknow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up29·13 hours agoDoes Linux track you? Does LibreWolf track you? Does GrapheneOS track you? Does Vanadium track you? Does SimpleX or Signal track you? Does… Never mind, I think you get my point.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agothey generally give you the option to avoid tracking. now, whether they actually follow your desire is another issue.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·12 hours agoThose idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·12 hours agoThose idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 hours agotracking is a core function of pretty much all commercial software at this point
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoYes, all of that is true. Were you building up to making a point, or…
Does MS track what you do in Edge and Windows, yes. Does Google track you in Crome and any app of theirs, yes. Does Apple track everything you do on their devices, yes. Does meta, twitter, all social media sites track the fuck out of you, also yes.
Does Linux track you? Does LibreWolf track you? Does GrapheneOS track you? Does Vanadium track you? Does SimpleX or Signal track you? Does…
Never mind, I think you get my point.
they generally give you the option to avoid tracking. now, whether they actually follow your desire is another issue.
Those idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
Those idiots are so tiring, you’re wasting your time.
tracking is a core function of pretty much all commercial software at this point
Yes, all of that is true.
Were you building up to making a point, or…