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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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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)

submitted 2 days ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, buy the thing to take note here is what tech companies can hide.

You know they're tracking users but there are still things we'll never find out unless they reveal it themselves or are made to reveal in indirectly.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

On the other hand, open source software has everything revealed by default. It has no dirty secrets to hide