Edge VPN: Instead of Patricia from marketing, your traffic will be analyzed by Sam from security.
qwertyasdf@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
“Built in VPN” Yeah how about no. I’ll stick with mullvad + waterfox
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2 weeks ago
qwertyasdf@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
“Built in VPN” Yeah how about no. I’ll stick with mullvad + waterfox
Edge VPN: Instead of Patricia from marketing, your traffic will be analyzed by Sam from security.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I read a while ago that they busted some hacker kid who used a secure VPN, because they leaked some Windows installation ID or whatever.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
You mean telemetry? They didn’t leak anything. They just chose to use their personal fucking windows machine for said hack.
black0ut@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
No, it wasn’t your average telemetry (although I’m sure they could also find a person only with the massive telemetry footprint they get). It was a specific device ID unique to every computer, that Windows pings to Microsoft every once in a while. So, as long as you’re using Windows, Microsoft can still follow you through your VPN without needing to delve into the telemetry data. I’m sure they make a very responsible use of that feature.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Well yes, thats exactly my point. Every telemetry is tagged with it, there is no average or advanced telemetry. Don’t give a pass to microslop.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Yes, it was a stupid mistake. Doesn’t change the definition of “leaking” (as in: information got out that the person supplying the info didn’t want to get out), though.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
What information? There was no leak, he was identified by telemetry id which overlapped with multiple previous offences.