cross-posted from: https://tardigram.com/m/windows11@lemmy.world/t/39011
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.
I wonder how many other GDID type identifiers are out there, besides this Microsoft one.
I’d bet every proprietary OS (or open source base OS with deeply integrated proprietary software, such as anything Google makes) has something similar.
For things like phones, an IMEI is already a permenantly attached unique ID tied to the modem. There is also a hardcoded serial number in most electronic devices.
Damn, perhaps competent prosecutors & FBI agents wouldn’t have allowed this information to leak.
Losing an incredible privacy leak to own a 19 year old who posted his crimes on snapchat.
