It has gotten big publicity because microslop apparently helped the glowies to track down a criminal and they did that by tracking his movements through this device id, which made people aware of that.
Everyone with a functioning brain knew that microslop was doing this one way or the other for years, but having a case backed with facts probably made them more aware that this was still a thing.
Right, I'm not really sure how their product keys would work, without a "product lock", for the key to fit into. That's probably not a great metaphor, point being, of course they would always have needed and used something like this to lock your OS to your device using the product key, right?
This is a great video from one of the devs about the window product activation and how much they thought about how they'd determine how many changes to a system was a new device. Idk how windows works now, but it was fairly common back in the day to upgrade often, and you didn't need a new Microsoft license most of the time when doing so.
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wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 23d
I assumed this was common knowledge since like NT 4, but at least the knowledge is spreading
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 28 pts · 23d
They've had kb articles for how to look it up since win7, so i don't get the meme
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 23d
It has gotten big publicity because microslop apparently helped the glowies to track down a criminal and they did that by tracking his movements through this device id, which made people aware of that.
Everyone with a functioning brain knew that microslop was doing this one way or the other for years, but having a case backed with facts probably made them more aware that this was still a thing.
village604@adultswim.fan · 16 pts · 23d
You vastly underestimate how aware the average person is about Microsoft and their shittiness.
Dvixen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
I thought the same. I was confused when articles and posts about it started popping up. It's been around for a Very Long Time.
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 23d
Was know that do track internet use like domain and vpn too?
Linearity@piefed.zip · 10 pts · 22d
Mate what
dave@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 22d
Do know that internet use, like domain and VPN track, was too?
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 22d
If know that gdid exist did also know that they track internet usage with it?
khepri@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 23d
Right, I'm not really sure how their product keys would work, without a "product lock", for the key to fit into. That's probably not a great metaphor, point being, of course they would always have needed and used something like this to lock your OS to your device using the product key, right?
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 23d
This is a great video from one of the devs about the window product activation and how much they thought about how they'd determine how many changes to a system was a new device. Idk how windows works now, but it was fairly common back in the day to upgrade often, and you didn't need a new Microsoft license most of the time when doing so.
khepri@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Yeah Windows Activation has probably has more programming time burned on it over the decades than all of NASA lol