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GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 40 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn't there a thread the other week warning everyone about Microsoft device fingerprinting and there were chuds in the comments saying it was a nothing-burger and the fingerprinting was necessary for licensing or some shit? Talk about timing!

[–] BeefAndPoultry@lemmus.org 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 hours ago

there goes the planet (quote the spaceballs apes)

[–] Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 13 hours ago

I mean, Lazy RedHat narcissitic Tech Bro Linux uses a a device ID as well, but you can purge it and get a new one, or rip the "convenience" parts out and ust configure things like we used to.

It's not necessary, it just makes things smoother, and easier to set up so it works with no idea what you're doing.