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sidewndr46 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you ev...

The question you should be asking is: why would Microsoft not do this?

brookst 47 days ago | [–]

I’m a fan of technical facts coming from technical analysis, not armchair speculation about motives.

askonomm 47 days ago | | [–]

Well for one it is illegal in the EU at least, not that Microsoft or other U.S tech giants care about laws.

layer8 47 days ago | [–]

GDPR compliance.

Not in the US, of course.

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