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Dualboot is evil, use only linux (programming.dev)

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[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The reason I just overwrote the Windows partition, instead of futzing with fixing dual boot was GDID. MSFTs global ID that tracks, literally, everything you do.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 28 minutes ago

If you bought a store laptop, I’d bet those configuration signatures were recorded when it got imaged… for the police of course.