sabremathia ## member · original post · 2026-09-08 02:54:25
Microsoft spyware:[\b]
scummy Microsoft, but I don not actually hate them
NOTE:these sites require Javascript to run
https://superuser.com/questions/1743441/how-is-microsoft-store-remembering-apps-from-a-previous-windows-installation
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/psa-windows-11-store-remembers-who-you-are-even-after-reinstalls/21137
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/11/05/microsoft-store-remembers-app-history-for-local-users/
You should know that you [b]should never attach parts of
a computer like RAM, CPU and whatnot if that thing
has been in a computer which its
host operating
system is Microsoft Windows. The only 3 links that I
can find describing this detail ascribes it to
that Microsoft actually implements some
hardware
ID onto your firmware It remembers what if you install
on your previous Windows machine and I think it is hard
to remove it if you are not a technical person.
Pic: Microsoft somehow removes the apps after I noticed them
lol.
NOTE:
There is [i]telemetry in the photos[/i]
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wulfrun !!OJuzMwSR4RJT · reply · 2026-09-08 03:05:17
i only checked superuser as i'm not familiar with the other two. from that, your conclusions that they set a firmware fingerprint of some kind seems unfounded. the responders offered alternative explanations that weren't dismissed by the poster. did the other two pages go into more concrete detail?
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sabremathia ## member · reply · 2026-09-08 03:18:17
As far as I can tell, no
but all I know is that if you have parts of something like RAM that has
it firmware installed on another Windows Host, I realize that it does not
leaves the RAM whatever called (i no technical user). Very serious for a
backdoor. To give an illustration; R for RAM.
Computer A R Windows > Computer C Linux > Computer C RNew Windows install. The data still remains.
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wulfrun · reply · 2026-09-08 03:38:32
if this were true, it wouldn't be firmware. firmware is on a chip on the motherboard. this fingerprint you're suggesting *could* be held in the up to 1kB EEPROM on the sticks themselves but it seems unlikely and i don't see any suggestion of that from my own.
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sabremathia ## member · reply · 2026-09-08 03:46:05
I think this is what you mean by this "Because EEPROM technology is used for some security gadgets, such as credit cards, SIM cards, key-less entry, etc., some devices have security protection mechanisms, such as copy-protection" -
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/eepromDunno if those Rust people infiltrate politics, they would make it harder to change it.
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sabremathia ## member · reply · 2026-09-08 03:51:00
I can tell you are a smart guy. Smarter than me.
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