▲ 344 ▼ Your Windows PC Has a Permanent ID That Follows You – Even With a VPN (archive.is) submitted 3 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (4 children) Your network interface has a permanent ID that follows you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] amphy@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago If that's really a concern, USB or PCIe NICs are always an option as a replacement, whether temporary or permanent. More advanced users can create virtual connections to route traffic through (macvlans) with custom configurable MAC addresses and/or use virtual machines that offer the same feature if a guest OS is preferred or necessary. The identifier the article is talking about is instead persistent on any Windows OS regardless of hardware, including if the OS is a virtual machine. Using the OS at all on the Internet ensures Microsoft can always track it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] randombullet@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's trivial to spoof permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago* I had a Samsung media player for the US market, its functions were super limited (music, video, images, shit games) compared to the Korean market release ( previous list, better games plus two player live Bluetooth games, subway maps for major global cities, multi language dictionaries. Note taking app, ecpanded themeing of interface) I found the firmware updater online, the Korean releasr OS version , and part of that process was just Editting the bluetooth MAC manually in a text file prior to reflashing....it was an eye opener to MAC/NIC stuff not being as locked down like all the software licensing vendors portrayed it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amphy@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago If that's really a concern, USB or PCIe NICs are always an option as a replacement, whether temporary or permanent. More advanced users can create virtual connections to route traffic through (macvlans) with custom configurable MAC addresses and/or use virtual machines that offer the same feature if a guest OS is preferred or necessary. The identifier the article is talking about is instead persistent on any Windows OS regardless of hardware, including if the OS is a virtual machine. Using the OS at all on the Internet ensures Microsoft can always track it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] randombullet@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's trivial to spoof permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago* I had a Samsung media player for the US market, its functions were super limited (music, video, images, shit games) compared to the Korean market release ( previous list, better games plus two player live Bluetooth games, subway maps for major global cities, multi language dictionaries. Note taking app, ecpanded themeing of interface) I found the firmware updater online, the Korean releasr OS version , and part of that process was just Editting the bluetooth MAC manually in a text file prior to reflashing....it was an eye opener to MAC/NIC stuff not being as locked down like all the software licensing vendors portrayed it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago* I had a Samsung media player for the US market, its functions were super limited (music, video, images, shit games) compared to the Korean market release ( previous list, better games plus two player live Bluetooth games, subway maps for major global cities, multi language dictionaries. Note taking app, ecpanded themeing of interface) I found the firmware updater online, the Korean releasr OS version , and part of that process was just Editting the bluetooth MAC manually in a text file prior to reflashing....it was an eye opener to MAC/NIC stuff not being as locked down like all the software licensing vendors portrayed it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago* I had a Samsung media player for the US market, its functions were super limited (music, video, images, shit games) compared to the Korean market release ( previous list, better games plus two player live Bluetooth games, subway maps for major global cities, multi language dictionaries. Note taking app, ecpanded themeing of interface) I found the firmware updater online, the Korean releasr OS version , and part of that process was just Editting the bluetooth MAC manually in a text file prior to reflashing....it was an eye opener to MAC/NIC stuff not being as locked down like all the software licensing vendors portrayed it was. permalink fedilink source parent