By default, most AI chatbots and other AI tools have a setting that allows the company to use your data to train AI models, ...

Windows 11 Focus Sessions consolidate key productivity tools. It replaces multiple apps for timers, tasks, and habit tracking ...

Microsoft’s persistent Windows GDID can identify an installation across networks, raising questions about privacy, consent, ...

Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows uses a persistent device identifier that can link activity from the same computer ...

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how ...

Microsoft has tackled yet another zero-day vulnerability published by a disgruntled security researcher with a vendetta ...

A harsh lesson on Windows telemetry, protecting online anonymity, and misinformation about defensive measures.

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Google is happy to ban ad blockers in its browser, but there are still options for privacy-minded individuals who have had ...

The FBI used persistent Windows GDID to identify and capture Peter Stokes, the Scattered Spider hacker, sparking widespread ...

An FBI complaint against an alleged Scattered Spider member reveals Microsoft can link a Windows PC’s online activity to a persistent Global Device ID, even when the user is behind a VPN.

Petet Stokes was arrested in Finland and extradited to the U.S. over alleged ties to the Scattered Spider group, with Microsoft helping in the investigation. He's in custody awaiting trial based on a ...