My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn’t an option

  • hiddengoat
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    59 months ago

    If they have it hasn’t changed anything on four systems I’ve used it on in the past six months or so.

    • @jws_shadotak
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      119 months ago

      HWID is permanent, even after Microsoft fixed the method that massgravel was using. It only affected new installs because people couldn’t run the script to activate Windows permanently.

      It’s fixed and activating permanently now though.

    • wolfshadowheart
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      29 months ago

      Hm, I could have sworn I had read an article around here (roughly the last two months maybe, likely more recently) saying that the MAS had been patched by Microsoft, but now I can’t find anything about it at all. Odd.

      Well, good that it’s still functioning!

      • @[email protected]
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        29 months ago

        They patched new HWID requests being sent, but any existing licenses made with those methods are fine. That was only one of several ways to spoof yourself legitimate, though. The rest still work.