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<blockquote data-quote="Marko :)" data-source="post: 898768" data-attributes="member: 39702">Make a new Windows 10 installation, you&#039;ll see what is the default value. I was reinstalling Windows on some PCs recently; on all of them default value was Full. I actually had to switch it to Basic. I was installing version 2004.There might be new name for Full – optional diagnostic data. But, my point is still valid.Exactly. Now, they have your device ID and you surf the web with Edge (which also means they have full URLs of visited websites). Want to surf anonymously? Sure, just keep in mind Microsoft sees this as well because od device ID and SmartScreen. Even if you used VPN, Microsoft still knows it&#039;s you that visited that specific website because VPN won&#039;t mask device ID.Do you now see what&#039;s wrong?Other browsers could easily use device ID instead installation ID, but they won&#039;t because they know it would breach user privacy.Yeah, uBlock Origin is sure going to make me more vulnerable... <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" />I mean, on first run it does contact Google, and bunch of other tracking hosts, so...[MEDIA=twitter]1166138692509065218[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marko :), post: 898768, member: 39702"] Make a new Windows 10 installation, you'll see what is the default value. I was reinstalling Windows on some PCs recently; on all of them default value was [I]Full[/I]. I actually had to switch it to [I]Basic[/I]. I was installing version 2004. There might be new name for Full – optional diagnostic data. But, my point is still valid. Exactly. Now, they have your device ID and you surf the web with Edge (which also means they have full URLs of visited websites). Want to surf anonymously? Sure, just keep in mind Microsoft sees this as well because od device ID and SmartScreen. Even if you used VPN, Microsoft still knows it's you that visited that specific website because VPN won't mask device ID. Do you now see what's wrong? Other browsers could easily use device ID instead installation ID, but they won't because they know it would breach user privacy. Yeah, uBlock Origin is sure going to make me more vulnerable... 🙄 I mean, on first run it does contact Google, and bunch of other tracking hosts, so... [MEDIA=twitter]1166138692509065218[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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