typical tumblr of people, cats, places, ideas and foods. Mostly cats tbh. class traitor. I check all follows, and if you're a spam, porn-heavy or empty blog, i'll block, probably after reporting a bunch of your posts. There's enough real hurt and abuse in the real world, we don't need to imitate it - and remember often life imitates art - I avoid it irl and definitely here - older than most vampires don't ask (yes over 21 lol) - if I comment on one of your posts trust me I'm not arguing unless it's obvious usually I'm just adding more context if you send me an ask for money i'll report your account - don't do it
Copy-paste of my blog header since nobody reads those, for pinned post, as if anyone will actually read it here:
typical tumblr of people, cats, places, ideas and foods. Mostly cats tbh. class traitor. I check all follows, and if you're a spam, porn-heavy or empty blog, i'll block, probably after reporting a bunch of your posts. There's enough real hurt and abuse in the real world, we don't need to imitate it - and remember often life imitates art - I avoid it irl and definitely here -
older than most vampires don't ask (yes over 21 lol) - if I comment on one of your posts trust me I'm not arguing unless it's obvious usually I'm just adding more context
FYI i soft-block suspected bot blogs (ie not completely obvious, since those get a report and a block). If you actually want to follow people put something in your blog that makes it look like you may be interested in what they post about and try again.
running mostly on queue; while i'm almost always on here, you can't actually assume that just because you recently saw a new post!
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.
Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.
