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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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[–] RainbowBlite@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From the article:

Microsoft’s records showed that at that exact same minute, a Windows device carrying GDID g:6755467234350028 had visited the ngrok signup page.

Seems pretty clear to me. Microsoft tracked acces to an independent sign up page using the GDID.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Exactly, authentication. They had used the sso with their microsoft account. Thats what linked it together, not windows