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Microsoft Tracks Users via Windows Device ID
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A criminal complaint against alleged Scattered Spider member Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft can associate Windows activity with a persistent Global Device ID. Investigators used the identifier to link his PC to online activity connected to a hack. The ID persists across updates with no simple opt-out.
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