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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I don't remember the command but it was easy to find. There are a couple of ways to do it. I used a scheduled power shell script for the persons computer I did it for. They used it to avoid a annoying set of trackers that kept her from getting the lowest price on some equipment website. That was in 2020 or 2021.

Edit: I was mistaken about what generated ID I was talking about. You can however change GDID but it will force microsoft to reregister the installation so I don't know how many times you could do it before microsoft refuses to do it again

https://github.com/gd03gd031/Windows-GDID-Changer