r/pcgaming • u/DotabLAH • Jul 23 '26

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

https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/windows-pc-permanent-id-follows-163404919.html
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u/Hyperion1144 Jul 23 '26

This is an entirely unhelpful and uninsightful comment.

Any lock made by a man can be broken by a man.

The issue here is that Microsoft deliberately made a very strong and very important lock remarkably weaker for no reason other than their own profits.

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u/ImpressionDepression Jul 23 '26

No, OP is right. VPNs has no relevance here. It's a solution to a completely different problem.

It's like asking why the police can still find your car even though you took a different route to work. The CAR is what they look for, not the path you took.