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Your Windows PC Has a Permanent ID That Follows You – Even With a VPN

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Your Windows PC Has a Permanent ID That Follows You – Even With a VPN

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Court filings in the Scattered Spider hacking case reveal Microsoft provided the FBI with a complete IP history tied to something called a Global Device ID (GDID)

It’s kinda like a MAC address

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