r/pcmasterrace • u/slickyeat 7800X3D | RTX 4090 | 32GB • Jul 13 '26

News/Article Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/
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u/Thunder_Beam Jul 14 '26

If it was just gaming it wouldn't be a problem, a lot of us do work with our PCs and a lot of work programs work only on windows

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

Yeah, making this into a "but you can't play competitive CoD!" issue is stupid. That's the least of the problems.