Windows does not record everything you do, and especially does not link everything to an ID. Only the MS authentication and MS store stuff uses this GDID.
The GDID isn’t even linked to your name if you don’t use a Microsoft Account. The FBI had to jump through hoops to get the information they wanted and only managed to do so after 4 separate instances where they tracked every social media the guy owned and compared it with logins that happened.
The FBI can use any form of ID to track, and if Linux had a store it could use that ID as well.
Where did you read that?
Windows does not record everything you do, and especially does not link everything to an ID. Only the MS authentication and MS store stuff uses this GDID.
The GDID isn’t even linked to your name if you don’t use a Microsoft Account. The FBI had to jump through hoops to get the information they wanted and only managed to do so after 4 separate instances where they tracked every social media the guy owned and compared it with logins that happened.
The FBI can use any form of ID to track, and if Linux had a store it could use that ID as well.
From the article:
Seems pretty clear to me. Microsoft tracked acces to an independent sign up page using the GDID.