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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You can use vAlpine or other distros that use OpenRC, or init.d Not to mention machine-I'd is use for enterprise deployments, and some encryption

[–] andrewd18@midwest.social 14 points 2 weeks ago

/etc/machine-id predates systemd, it's from DBus.

[–] logging_strict@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

or G'd forbid Void Linux with runit