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Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 67 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Of course, this raises questions over just how granular and potentially invasive Microsoft's telemetry can be. In this case, it was used to arrest an alleged hacker, but what if someone else, someone with malign intentions, were to get access to all this data instead?

Microsoft already has access to it.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So does the US Government. If you're in any way active in left-wing politics, or what the fascists would perceive to be left-wing politics, it's unwise to use Windows.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago

It’s unwise regardless.