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A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID (www.pcmag.com)
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[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

Linux distros have the same kind of device ID mechanism (/etc/machine-id or /var/lib/dbus/machine-id)... the only difference is how applications use it.