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Hi all! I'm Jay Andromeda! He/they pronouns, late 30s, queer white transmasc. I draw and make music!

I kind of suck at social media, but I'm trying to get better about posting regularly.

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Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

#important #Windows #Windows 11 #security

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🎀🩰🪽🪷 - linlinradio's album cover for "disco inferno", fangs created by erjjek on ig

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just like before, save these and use them for anything you want! it’s never too late to start masking again 😷 <3

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COVID travel summer 2026: the Nimbus variant (NB.1.8.1) now accounts for an estimated 43% of U.S. COVID cases and is driving rising emergenc

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Fuck it, post lamb stew slow cooker recipe

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How high was I last night?

How much lamb stew did I want to make??

1,814¾ lbs of Lamb????

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>960 cups beef broth >2 bay leaves

the unfathomable power of bay leaf

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Snag clothing brand’s products and advertising in the UK feature beautiful models like this! There is a great BBC piece where the brand CEO notes that her team responds to one hundred or more complaints daily that her models are “too fat”! How sad is that? All I can say is “GO SNAG!”

Snag clothing is cited in an online debate over whether adverts showing models who appear "unhealthily fat" should be banned.

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https://pmc19.com/

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The Eightfold AI lawsuit exposed what happens when companies treat employment decisions like ad targeting — and why the fix requires enginee

a bit more context

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I drew these emo cats

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Leia em portuguêsBrazil on Monday unveiled an updated national climate plan, the first time since 2008 the country has revised its main poli

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The 42nd Traditional Kaga-Yuzen Crafts ExhibitionSilver Award: Visiting dress ‘New York, New York’ Miyoji Ishida

Author’s Comment : The lights of the skyscrapers in Manhattan are beginning to turn on, and I created this work with a bird’s eye view of New York City, which is being transformed into a vibrant city.

The 42nd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Kaga Yuzen Crafts is being held at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, from September 16 (Wed) to 22 (Tue).