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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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[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The bigger problem is that most people just aren't up for installing an OS themselves. I've certainly never had the chutzpah to replace Android, and I'm more tech savvy than most

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

100%. I think a lot about one of my friends when trying to think about that kind of user. Smart lady. Advanced degree. Has her life together. Would absolutely not want to try to install an OS. Wouldn't even know how to start.

But I'm confident if I handed her a Linux laptop, she'd use it just the same as a Mac or Windows machine.