sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped gamewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1530arrow-down1external-linkGTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped gamewww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square154linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYou are correct. Installed programs can see it, websites can’t.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI mean, Edge is an installed program…
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOk. That’s great. How does that let websites access the ID?
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoEdge gets it from Windows and sends it to the websites. Google was previously caught doing that with Chrome.
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDid you read this article? This has nothing at all to do with windows ID. This is just chrome collecting data on you while in incognito mode. Which is sort of obvious that they would.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWe don’t have proof of Microsoft doing that with Edge specifically. But that’s academic because we already know that Microsoft uses GDID to track website visits: Microsoft’s records showed that at that exact same minute, a Windows device carrying GDID g:6755467234350028 had visited the ngrok signup page. Whether it does it with Edge or the system HTTP libraries or whatever it really doesn’t matter, what matters is that they do.
You are correct. Installed programs can see it, websites can’t.
I mean, Edge is an installed program…
Ok. That’s great.
How does that let websites access the ID?
Edge gets it from Windows and sends it to the websites.
Google was previously caught doing that with Chrome.
Did you read this article? This has nothing at all to do with windows ID.
This is just chrome collecting data on you while in incognito mode. Which is sort of obvious that they would.
We don’t have proof of Microsoft doing that with Edge specifically. But that’s academic because we already know that Microsoft uses GDID to track website visits:
Whether it does it with Edge or the system HTTP libraries or whatever it really doesn’t matter, what matters is that they do.