If you're even a _tiny_ bit into security and privacy, pay attention to this one.
A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
If you're even a _tiny_ bit into security and privacy, pay attention to this one.
A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
Microsoft uses Global Device ID (GDID) a permanent unique digital fingerprint to manage software licensing and Windows Store apps, but because it links all your online activities on that computer back to a single identity, law enforcement can use it to track a device’s true owner across the internet
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 11, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Microsoft uses Global Device ID (GDID) a permanent unique digital fingerprint to manage software licensing and Windows Store apps, but because it links all your online activities on that computer back to a single identity, law enforcement can use it to track a device’s true owner across the internet
Windows tem um identificador global que rastreia tudo que você faz na web.
Isso só apareceu por causa de um processo judicial. Microsoft nunca deixou isso público.
Grave desrespeito a privacidade.
Saiba mais: github.com/SmtimesIWndr...
Saia do Windows.
Isso só apareceu por causa de um processo judicial. Microsoft nunca deixou isso público.
Grave desrespeito a privacidade.
Saiba mais: github.com/SmtimesIWndr...
Saia do Windows.
July 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Windows tem um identificador global que rastreia tudo que você faz na web.
Isso só apareceu por causa de um processo judicial. Microsoft nunca deixou isso público.
Grave desrespeito a privacidade.
Saiba mais: github.com/SmtimesIWndr...
Saia do Windows.
Isso só apareceu por causa de um processo judicial. Microsoft nunca deixou isso público.
Grave desrespeito a privacidade.
Saiba mais: github.com/SmtimesIWndr...
Saia do Windows.
Microsoft is a big data aggregator that happens to sell software on the side.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Microsoft is a big data aggregator that happens to sell software on the side.
Hey Windows users.
Microsoft places an un-opt-out-able Global Device ID That can track you even if use a VPN or proxies.
And they're happy to give it to the cops.
Time to switch to Linux.
Microsoft places an un-opt-out-able Global Device ID That can track you even if use a VPN or proxies.
And they're happy to give it to the cops.
Time to switch to Linux.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Hey Windows users.
Microsoft places an un-opt-out-able Global Device ID That can track you even if use a VPN or proxies.
And they're happy to give it to the cops.
Time to switch to Linux.
Microsoft places an un-opt-out-able Global Device ID That can track you even if use a VPN or proxies.
And they're happy to give it to the cops.
Time to switch to Linux.
Verontrustend verhaal.
Erg verontrustend zelfs.
In dit geval gaat het “maar” om een hacker.
Erg verontrustend zelfs.
In dit geval gaat het “maar” om een hacker.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Verontrustend verhaal.
Erg verontrustend zelfs.
In dit geval gaat het “maar” om een hacker.
Erg verontrustend zelfs.
In dit geval gaat het “maar” om een hacker.
The Microsoft Global Device Identifier (GDID) spys on your every move.
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/microsoft-...
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/microsoft-...
July 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
The Microsoft Global Device Identifier (GDID) spys on your every move.
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/microsoft-...
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/microsoft-...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
Of course using your computer requires persistently identifying you across networks for the entire lifetime of the install
(I don’t think microslop is a good company and this shit should be unbelievably illegal)
Of course using your computer requires persistently identifying you across networks for the entire lifetime of the install
(I don’t think microslop is a good company and this shit should be unbelievably illegal)
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
Of course using your computer requires persistently identifying you across networks for the entire lifetime of the install
(I don’t think microslop is a good company and this shit should be unbelievably illegal)
Of course using your computer requires persistently identifying you across networks for the entire lifetime of the install
(I don’t think microslop is a good company and this shit should be unbelievably illegal)
weil es gewünscht wurde noch mal ein Thread und erstmal ein paar Fragen klären:
❓💭 Was ist die GDID
Die GDID (Global Device Identifier) ist eine eindeutig zuordenbare Nummer zu deiner Windows-Installation. Microsoft kann dadurch z.B. tracken wann du welche Websites besucht hast
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❓💭 Was ist die GDID
Die GDID (Global Device Identifier) ist eine eindeutig zuordenbare Nummer zu deiner Windows-Installation. Microsoft kann dadurch z.B. tracken wann du welche Websites besucht hast
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August 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
weil es gewünscht wurde noch mal ein Thread und erstmal ein paar Fragen klären:
❓💭 Was ist die GDID
Die GDID (Global Device Identifier) ist eine eindeutig zuordenbare Nummer zu deiner Windows-Installation. Microsoft kann dadurch z.B. tracken wann du welche Websites besucht hast
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❓💭 Was ist die GDID
Die GDID (Global Device Identifier) ist eine eindeutig zuordenbare Nummer zu deiner Windows-Installation. Microsoft kann dadurch z.B. tracken wann du welche Websites besucht hast
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GDID: Microsoft’s Secret ID That Tracks You Through a VPN
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youtu.be/-0pFznEJf14
GDID: Microsoft’s Secret ID That Tracks You Through a VPN
YouTube video by Ryan McBeth
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July 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
GDID: Microsoft’s Secret ID That Tracks You Through a VPN
youtu.be/-0pFznEJf14
youtu.be/-0pFznEJf14
FULL SONG HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdid...
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🖥️ GDID Windows : qu’est-ce que cet identifiant caché de Microsoft ?
👉 www.justgeek.fr/gdid-windows...
#Windows11 #Microsoft #Windows #GDID
👉 www.justgeek.fr/gdid-windows...
#Windows11 #Microsoft #Windows #GDID
GDID Windows : qu'est-ce que cet identifiant caché de Microsoft ?
GDID Windows : découvrez à quoi sert cet identifiant caché de Microsoft, pourquoi il fait polémique et s'il est possible de le désactiver.
www.justgeek.fr
August 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🖥️ GDID Windows : qu’est-ce que cet identifiant caché de Microsoft ?
👉 www.justgeek.fr/gdid-windows...
#Windows11 #Microsoft #Windows #GDID
👉 www.justgeek.fr/gdid-windows...
#Windows11 #Microsoft #Windows #GDID
You could not pay me to install Windows on anything ever again
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
You could not pay me to install Windows on anything ever again
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
Here is a better article on the subject (windowslatest smells of slop): www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
The lesson here is that even if a VPN is rotating your IP address, it is not rotating this GDID. If MS knows different IPs are associated with the same GDID, it knows they belong to the same person
The lesson here is that even if a VPN is rotating your IP address, it is not rotating this GDID. If MS knows different IPs are associated with the same GDID, it knows they belong to the same person
July 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Here is a better article on the subject (windowslatest smells of slop): www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
The lesson here is that even if a VPN is rotating your IP address, it is not rotating this GDID. If MS knows different IPs are associated with the same GDID, it knows they belong to the same person
The lesson here is that even if a VPN is rotating your IP address, it is not rotating this GDID. If MS knows different IPs are associated with the same GDID, it knows they belong to the same person
for all you hacktivists, grey hats & black hats.
Linux. The choice of the GNU generation.
Linux. The choice of the GNU generation.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
for all you hacktivists, grey hats & black hats.
Linux. The choice of the GNU generation.
Linux. The choice of the GNU generation.
more ways to track you revealed via GDID identifer in Windows
July 7, 2026 at 9:20 AM
more ways to track you revealed via GDID identifer in Windows
Microsoft has admitted Windows 11 has a Global Device Identifier (GDID) tracker that can get around VPNs with no off switch.
But someone found a way.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
But someone found a way.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Microsoft has admitted Windows 11 has a Global Device Identifier (GDID) tracker that can get around VPNs with no off switch.
But someone found a way.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
But someone found a way.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
My new article with Vanguard Defence: How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military?
A US criminal complaint revealed Microsoft's GDID can be used to track despite network-level protections. This introduces new risks for governments and militaries
www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/how-much-c...
A US criminal complaint revealed Microsoft's GDID can be used to track despite network-level protections. This introduces new risks for governments and militaries
www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/how-much-c...
How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military with GDID?
Reverse engineering confirms that when a Windows device logs in with a Microsoft Account, a server assigns a permanent GDID that is stored locally, used by various Windows background services, and inc...
www.vanguarddefence.ca
August 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
My new article with Vanguard Defence: How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military?
A US criminal complaint revealed Microsoft's GDID can be used to track despite network-level protections. This introduces new risks for governments and militaries
www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/how-much-c...
A US criminal complaint revealed Microsoft's GDID can be used to track despite network-level protections. This introduces new risks for governments and militaries
www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/how-much-c...
Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID
www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
#Microsoft #Windows #security #InfoSec #privacy
www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
#Microsoft #Windows #security #InfoSec #privacy
A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID
The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising privacy red flags about Windows' surveillance capabilities.
www.pcmag.com
July 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID
www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
#Microsoft #Windows #security #InfoSec #privacy
www.pcmag.com/news/a-hacke...
#Microsoft #Windows #security #InfoSec #privacy
Lovely to hear that Microsoft is spying on everyone all the time now, with no opt-out.
I'm sure they're not alone, and under fascism, there is a merging of state and capital...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
I'm sure they're not alone, and under fascism, there is a merging of state and capital...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
www.windowslatest.com
July 21, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Lovely to hear that Microsoft is spying on everyone all the time now, with no opt-out.
I'm sure they're not alone, and under fascism, there is a merging of state and capital...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...
I'm sure they're not alone, and under fascism, there is a merging of state and capital...
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/y...