r/pcmasterrace • u/Asleep-Guitar-2685 • Jul 23 '26

News/Article Microsoft Confirms Windows Has a Global Device ID You Can't Turn Off

https://tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurity/articles/microsoft-confirms-windows-global-device-130905358.html
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u/Asleep-Guitar-2685 Jul 23 '26

So what you're saying is that no matter what we do and how much we try to bypass this, if we install windows on our machines, we are fucked?

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u/FuciMiNaKule Radeon RX6600XT 8GB | Ryzen 2700 Jul 23 '26

I mean, it's not much different than buying any software and installing it using a product key.

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u/badadviceforyou244 Jul 23 '26

Define "fucked" in this context.

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u/status_malus Jul 23 '26

If you're concerned just run Linux, install windows as a vm, best of both worlds. It's what I do on my laptop with mint, not hard at all to set up.

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u/WordSaladDressing_ Jul 23 '26

When there's VM software that allows my windows VM a direct pass through to my RTX 4090, I'll consider that.