lmao

not necessarily, but it’s definitely easier to avoid having machine id without it

also to login with edge on top of that

unfortunately https://lemmy.ml/post/49710604

Imagine your computer has a secret ID number that Microsoft gives it when you sign in with your Microsoft account. This number is like a permanent nametag that your computer wears. Even if you use a VPN to hide your location, that nametag stays the same.

A hacker used a VPN to hide while breaking into a jewelry store’s computer system. But Microsoft helped the FBI find him because his computer’s secret nametag kept showing up everywhere he went online. They matched that nametag to his social media accounts and other stuff he did, and that’s how they caught him. Most people didn’t even know this secret nametag existed, and you can’t turn it off without breaking your computer.

perhaps you did?

Neither is it my first language, what’s your point?

today I learned that automation denigrates humanity

at least you’re self aware

It appears that you are in need of help with reading comprehension here because I was not talking about any particular government.

I do admire their unwavering dedication to the clown act though.

Which doesn’t change the point which is that your own government has far more agency over you than a foreign one.

a lot of shit actually it seems

yeah for sure, it’s not gonna be fun for the next few years at least

This is roughly the time line that experts suggested incidentally. There was a couple of month of backlog that was being cleared, and now it’s gone and reserves are starting to get low. So, there’s no way to hide fuel shortages or associated byproducts like helium now. Also a fun fact is that helium can’t be stockpiled and relies on constant production.

yeah, but it’s not like you can get healthcare in the burger reich anyways

I’m saying flatpack didn’t even have to use machine-id at all for anything it does. I don’t know why you’re so invested in the idea that this was somehow necessary and nothing better is possible.

not the entire world’s, just the Western financial system

the hair really makes it

lol probably