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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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[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, authentication. They had used the sso with their microsoft account. Thats what linked it together, not windows