Meet deGDID: Windscribe's answer to the Windows tracker that VPNs cannot mask

• Windscribe has released deGDID, a free tool that targets a hidden Windows identifier that VPNs cannot mask
• The identifier surfaced in a US court case where it helped trace a suspect's PC across VPNs and three countries
• Blocking the identifier can break Microsoft account features like Xbox, Outlook, and the Store

Windscribe has built a new tool that takes aim at a form of Windows tracking that even the best VPN cannot switch off.

The tool, called deGDID, targets a little-known Microsoft identifier called the Global Device Identifier, or GDID. It is a server-assigned code tied to a Windows installation.

The GDID burst into public view in July after it appeared in a US federal complaintagainst an alleged member of the Scattered Spider hacking group, where Microsoft gave investigators logs that correlated a Windows GDID with IP activity. Investigators traced the machine through VPN obfuscation across multiple countries...

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