• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Not really news. Many corporate software licenses are tied to a composite ID so the software only runs on that single machine. Changing the network card or GPU or anything else, alters the Composite ID. So the ID is unique to the hardware, and moving it onto a VPN isn’t going to hide your unique ID.

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        1 day ago

        Probably not the Composite ID, but something that was tied to MAC address only.

        But what I meant was a tracking ID is not new, and this hacker duse should have known that. Even our phones handover meta data that can make you unique online. Is, version, patch level, language, apps installed, font, etc. Creates a findable fingerprint.